How fortunate Spokane is not only to have secured the talents of James Lowe as the new principal conductor and music director of the Spokane Symphony, but also to have retained its brilliant resident conductor, Morihiko Nakahara. Over t
Read ArticleAll music is a mixture of horizontal and vertical elements. The horizontal elements are those that take shape over time as we listen to a musical passage from beginning to end. At the previous concert of the Spokane Symphony, we heard mu
Read ArticleSpokane Symphony rises, even soars, to occasion: revered composer’s 250th By Larry Lapidus For the fifth in its Masterworks Series of concerts, the Spokane Symphony chose Saturday evening to join much of the rest of the world in celebrating t
Read ArticlePeople attending the Spokane Symphony's annual Holiday Pops show Sunday afternoon were treated to an event that was a little heavier on the "pops" than the "holiday." I, for one, was glad about that. Partly, that's becau
Read ArticleIf attendees were expecting a classic and old-fashioned holiday concert by the Spokane Symphony and guest singer Vanessa Williams on Saturday night, they were instead treated to an early Christmas gift by the talented musicians led by an
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