Reviews

Watching a Shakespeare play in the woods is a life experience everyone should have, and the opportunity is upon us once again as the Central Coast Shakespeare Festival returns to…

The PAC was nearly packed for the final program in this year’s Festival Mozaic, and Music Director Scott Yoo and the talented musicians of the Festival Mozaic Orchestra delivered a…

It was a mild but wild 12 days of barn dances, watermelon eating contests, and overpriced product demos at the annual “biggest little fair anywhere.” And of course more live…

Mendelssohn, Thuille, Bridge, Moore   The last of this summer’s Festival Mozaic chamber concerts on Friday, July 25, was again performed in the Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts…

Since its beginning, Festival Mozaic (best known for its chamber music) has featured an eclectic mix of excellent performers in a variety of genres. And this summer’s season is no…

Today on CMCR (Classical Music Concert Reviews), we’ll take a look at chamber music renovations throughout the centuries—four of them to be exact. To keep the performance times under a…

There has always been a very distinct line between fine art and what can be considered fine craft. On rare occasions these lines blur and ultimately blend into an entirely…

If there is such a thing as perfection in the arts, or anything else for that matter, the superb string-player squadron on hand for the opening chamber concert of this…

The fairy tale is a tricky genre for viewers and filmmakers. The type most familiar to contemporary audiences comes through a Disney Studios shaping mechanism: lovable, cleaned up, and stylized.…

Here on the Central Coast, we’re blessed with several amazing concert venues, both indoor and outdoor. But there’s something magical about attending an outdoor show on a festive summer night.…