APRIL 3, 2024 | Opera America

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Surging gas prices and escalating costs for rental trucks and labor have caused a spike in transportation fees, driving shipping costs to an all-time high. As opera companies explore ways to trim costs, “one-truck shows,” where all of the elements of a production fit into a single semi-truck, have become trendy.

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 | Los Angeles Philharmonic​

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From cinematic scores to concert hall pieces, their works resonate with the legacies of underrepresented voices that came before them while boldly carving their own new narratives. This listening guide is an introduction to Black composers making history in the present moment.

OCTOBER 18, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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Alvin and the Chipmunks may be most associated with singing and dancing at Christmastime, but their 1999 Halloween direct-to-video film proves that they're fun on any holiday—especially during the spooky season!

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 | Film Obsessive

 

Whether you saw one, both, or neither, the Barbenheimer (Barbie and Oppenheimer double feature) phenomenon was definitely an unforgettable moment in post-pandemic moviegoing history. Here are a few suggestions for your next back-to-back film screenings!

AUGUST 6, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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For whatever reason, the film industry has decided that people need to see more nostalgia-driven movies about games, toys and other products we couldn’t live without at some point in time. So what’s one more? The Beanie Bubble, now streaming on Apple TV+, follows the rise-and-fall origin story of a '90s craze—Beanie Babies.

AUGUST 5, 2023 | Syracuse.com

 

Celebrating Harriet Tubman's life and legacy through song, the Skaneateles Festival hosted “Following Harriet,” an evening of soul-stirring music for strings and voice. Friday night’s greatest gift, however, was the world premiere of Nailah Nombeko’s Fortitude, sung by one of opera’s most charismatic and gifted sopranos, Kearstin Piper Brown. 

JULY 28, 2023 | Syracuse.com

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Between numerous standing ovations inside First Presbyterian Church and the intermittent showers tapping on the roof, classical guitarist Eliot Fisk kicked off the Skaneateles Festival with a bang—or, more appropriately, a strum.

JULY 17, 2023 | Film Obsessive

 

It’s officially Barbie season. With the premiere of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming fantasy-comedy, Barbie, just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to watch and rewatch movies about dolls coming to life.

JUNE 10, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

 

Less than 24 hours before concluding its season, Spoleto Festival USA on June 10 unveiled a centerpiece of next year’s programming – “Ruinous Gods,” a newly commissioned opera about the psychological traumas faced by families and children as a result of ongoing immigration crises around the world. 

JUNE 7, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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Spoleto Festival USA again this season has partnered with local bars and restaurants to promote “Spoleto Sips,” a series of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks inspired by the season’s shows. Read about a few of City Paper's favorite cocktails.

JUNE 4, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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Palmetto Bronze, the premiere handbell ensemble of the Lowcountry, presents a concert of nostalgia Sunday, June 4, at Bethel United Methodist Church. Performing songs from 1900 to 2010, the handbell choir hopes to share music with a multi-generational appeal.

JUNE 4, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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The Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra presents a Philip Glass US premiere piece conducted by John Kennedy, Symphonie Fantastique conducted by Charleston native Jonathon Heyward and New World Symphony conducted by Mei-Ann Chen who makes her Spoleto debut.

JUNE 3, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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Harpist Brandee Younger’s first concert of the Spoleto Festival USA was a night full of spontaneity. Younger took the stage at the Queen Street Playhouse for a performance of songs from her albums Brand New Life and Somewhere Different.

MAY 31, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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On the 20th anniversary of Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, concept artist Alex Toader shares his team's creative process.

MAY 31, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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Grammy-winning pianist and composer Kris Davis will enliven a night of Spoleto Festival USA with Diatom Ribbons, an eclectic spin-off combo named after her 2019 breakthrough album fusing jazz, hip-hop, rock and groove.

MAY 30, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

 

Showcasing music from early Hollywood, Spoleto's Chamber Music Program III had audiences roaring with laughter and applauding Charles Koechlin’s Épitaphe de Jean Harlow and Stephen Prutsman’s original scoring of Seven Chances, a 1925 silent comedy by Buster Keaton.

MAY 29, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

 

Chamber Music Charleston returns to the Piccolo Spoleto Festival this season with "Forgotten Voices," celebrating music by Baroque women composers and "Capturing the American Spirit," featuring string quartet pieces that paint the nation’s rich soundscape.

MAY 26, 2023 | Charleston City Paper

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The 2023 Spoleto Festival USA's Bank of America Chamber Music series continues the legacy of Spoleto’s late director of chamber music, Geoff Nuttall, showcasing 37 works by 37 composers.

APRIL 28, 2023 | Symphony.org

 

Leaders of orchestra boards across Pennsylvania share their most pressing concerns and hopes for the next generation of orchestra leaders, musicians, and audiences, and how they plan to connect with younger, more diverse communities in the "new normal" of post-pandemic life.

APRIL 25, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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DreamWorks logo illustrator Robert Hunt opens up about his son as the Moon Child and his thoughts on DreamWorks Animation's recent revisions.

APRIL 14, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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Doua Moua and Caylee So's film, The Harvest, follows an estranged son of a Hmong American family to raise the question of whether we endure family drama because we want to or because we feel we have to.

APRIL 12, 2023 | The Newshouse

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Bandier junior Vir Batra brings his global perspective and range of interests to Syracuse's music scene.

MARCH 29, 2023 | Opera America

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Opera companies across the country are working with historically Black colleges and universities to invite more young Black singers to the stage.

MARCH 22, 2023 | Film Obsessive

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What seems like a student's innocent interest in his tutor quickly turns out to be an unsettling obsession that sparks a game of cat and mouse.

MARCH 14, 2023 | The Newshouse

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The singer-songwriter played fan favorites from the early 2000s along with new material from her latest album.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 | The Newshouse

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Musical internet sensations PinkPantheress and Ice Spice team up for “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2,” the collab we didn’t know we needed, yet makes perfect sense.

JANUARY 23, 2023 | Opera America Magazine

 

Several opera companies are adopting codes of conduct intended to stop offensive behaviors in their tracks.

DECEMBER 9, 2022 

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As part of the Using Data to Tell Stories course at Syracuse University, Piper collected data on 20 years of K-pop hits and found that people love their high energy, positivity, and everlasting danceability. Three sources — a fan, a TikToker, and a pop music reporter — explained why.

DECEMBER 2, 2022 | The Newshouse

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Strobe lights, seat rumbles and confetti made the boy band's 4DX experience feel like a real live venue.

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 | The Newshouse

 

The festival screens films and shorts ranging from horror to dark comedy for its fourth annual year. 

NOVEMBER 3, 2022 | Clemson University

 

Decipher is produced by a team of Clemson University’s undergraduate students to highlight the accomplishments of their peers in Creative Inquiry, Clemson’s unique brand of undergraduate research.

OCTOBER 26, 2022 | The Newshouse

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Netflix's recent "The Midnight Club" reached 21 jump scares in a single television episode.

OCTOBER 17, 2022 | Syracuse University News: Campus & Community

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Pianist Dan Sato and soprano Kathleen Roland-Silversteen present a spiritual experience sparking deep emotions and colorful contemplations.

OCTOBER 1, 2022 | Syracuse.com

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The carillon bell atop Syracuse’s City Hall is mostly fake, but its meaning and its music are the real deal.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 | Syracuse University News: Campus & Community

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Spotlighting works by Black artists in classical, jazz and hip-hop music, New York City-based Warp Trio brings “Black Voices” to Syracuse.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 | Rochester CITY

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In “Turn of the Screw and Other Terrifying Tales,” Rochester City Ballet dancers promised a goosebump-inducing performance to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. But did it justify the ticket price?

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 | Rochester CITY

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More Fire Glass Studio and chamber ensemble fivebyfive perform contemporary compositions at the Rochester Fringe Festival, celebrating the United Nations International Year of Glass.

AUGUST 17, 2022 | The Stand: South Side News

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There's a new home on West Ostrander Avenue in Syracuse's Brighton neighborhood. Local non-profit A Tiny Home for Good builds a house designed for a person with a disability and caretaker or a small family.

AUGUST 8, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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John O'Conor performs some of Beethoven's most memorable sonatas: "Moonlight," "Appassionata," and "Pathetique."

AUGUST 8, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Violinist Melissa White makes her Aspen Music Festival and School debut as soloist-conductor

AUGUST 1, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Multiple Grammy-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin is joined by master sarod player Amjad Ali Khan and his two sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, for one of the first musical collaborations of its kind.

AUGUST 1, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Pianist Paul Lewis shares "the sense of nostalgia of remembering something you can't have anymore" through Schubert's piano repertoire. 

July 25, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Denver-based Mariachi Sol de mi Tierra performs with local music students, educators and professional dancers from Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's Folklórico.

JULY 18, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Internationally acclaimed pedagogue Arie Vardi is joined by pianists Anwen Deng, Illia Ovcharenko, and Ray Ushikubo for an evening of Mozart music. 

JULY 11, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

 

Brought up in the small English town of Ulverston, Cumbria, Jess Gillam shares how she became classical music's saxophone rockstar.

JULY 11, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Two of the Aspen Music Festival and School's alumni, Gil Shaham and Sterling Elliott, join forces for Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.

JULY 4, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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The Pacifica Quartet performs Jennifer Higdon's Voices, a frenzied and ambiguous strings piece. Violinist Esther Yoo pays homage to her Korean heritage with Jeongkyu Park's theme and variations Toad.

JULY 4, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Randall Goosby talks violin, golf, and performing with revered conductor and Baroque music specialist Nicholas McGegan.

JUNE 27, 2022 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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American conductor Marin Alsop leads the Aspen Chamber Symphony in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Matthew Whitaker.

APRIL 2022 | The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

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Expression is a publication for "Friends of the Brooks Center" donors about all things theater, music, and audio technology happening with students, faculty, and alumni of Clemson University's performing arts department.​

APRIL 2022 | Clemson University

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​​Decipher is produced by a team of Clemson University’s undergraduate students to highlight the accomplishments of their peers in Creative Inquiry, Clemson’s unique brand of undergraduate research.

NOVEMBER 2021

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As a part of the Music History before 1750 course at Clemson University, Piper wrote about Adémar de Chabannes, an11th century composer, historian, and successful literary forger. She stylized her annotated bibliography as a magazine to demonstrate her publication career interest.

OCTOBER 2021 | The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

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Expression is a publication for "Friends of the Brooks Center" donors about all things theater, music, and audio technology happening with students, faculty, and alumni of Clemson University's performing arts department.​

AUGUST 22, 2021 | Aspen Music Festival and School program book

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Carson Rick, the Aspen Festival Orchestra's assistant principal viola, is the student spotlight for week eight of the festival.

AUGUST 15, 2021 | Aspen Music Festival and School program book

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Isabella Amador, the Aspen Festival Orchestra's assistant principal second violin, is the student spotlight for week seven of the festival.

AUGUST 9, 2021 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Considered to be among Australia’s finest young concert artists, brothers Ziggy and Miles perform in multiple Grammy-winner Sharon Isbin's Spotlight Guitar Recital.

AUGUST 8, 2021 | Aspen Music Festival and School program book

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Matthew Lengas, the Aspen Festival Orchestra's second oboe, is the student spotlight for week six of the festival.

AUGUST 2, 2021 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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With a voice soaring high above the rest, countertenor Key'mon Murrah plays King Bertarido in Handel’s Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi. 

JULY 26, 2021 | The Aspen Times / Aspen Music Festival "Festival Focus"

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Pianist Andreas Haefliger and the American String Quartet perform some of Beethoven's most challenging and gratifying works. 

APRIL 23, 2021

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As a part of the Film Genres course at Clemson University, Piper researched and wrote about Agatha Christie film adaptations and the significance of female authorship in the mystery genre.

APRIL 22, 2021

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Piper presents a glimpse into how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Clemson performing arts with a mini-documentary created with Adobe Premiere Rush for her junior recital.

APRIL 2021 | The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

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Expression is a publication for "Friends of the Brooks Center" donors about all things theater, music, and audio technology happening with students, faculty, and alumni of Clemson University's performing arts department.​

JANUARY 1, 2021 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights Leroy Anderson as the composer of the month.

DECEMBER 1, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights Teresa Carreño as the composer of the month.

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

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​As a part of the Great Directors course at Clemson University, Piper researched and wrote about the distinct identity of films directed by Tim Burton and scored by Danny Elfman.

OCTOBER 1, 2020 | Clemson University News

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If those who lived through the flu pandemic of 1918 could reach out to us during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, what would they say?​

OCTOBER 1, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights Germaine Tailleferre and Les Six as the composers of the month.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 | Clemson University Blogs

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As the frontman of the Charlotte-based band American Theory, Devyn Byrd accomplishes great things on the stage and in the classroom.

SEPTEMBER 2020 | The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

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Expression is a publication for "Friends of the Brooks Center" donors about all things theater, music, and audio technology happening with students, faculty, and alumni of Clemson University's performing arts department.​

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights Koji Kondo as the composer of the month.

AUGUST 12, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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Marlowe A. Sigal was internationally regarded as an expert on the study, preservation, and restoration of antique musical instruments. His 2015 book “Four Centuries of Musical Instruments,” showcased most of his world-class private collection of 700 keyboards, flutes and whistles, woodwinds, strings, percussion, and world instruments spanning over 400 years.

AUGUST 1, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights George Walker as the composer of the month.

JULY 1, 2020 | Sigal Music Museum

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The Sigal Music Museum's News and Notes highlights Florence Price as the composer of the month.

APRIL 29, 2020 

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As a part of the Music History from 1750 course at Clemson University, Piper researched and wrote about the history and significance of leitmotifs in film music.