Beautiful Music

Happy Valentine’s Day! Pianist Kyle P. Walker and violinist Katherine Dennis make Beautiful Music together today! Music brought the New York-based married couple together, and they both have busy and inspiring lives as performers and music teachers. Kyle’s projects include The Dream Unfinished, Sanctuary Project NYC, and his touring performance project, BACH TO BLACKNOTES, as […]

One of the advantages of my job is that I get to meet talented, creative and inspiring people, such as Patricia Ann Neely. She plays viola da gamba and vielle (among other instruments) and has performed with a wide range of top ensembles, including The Folger Consort, Smithsonian Chamber Players, New York Collegium, the Washington

“Like Olympic Decathlon athletes” … such a fitting description of Victor Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon, and Thomas Young who, together, were THREE MO’ TENORS. These are three classical trained musicians who are equally talented in performing Jazz, Gospel, Soul, Spirituals, Pop, Broadway, Rock, World Music and the Blues. From one of the concert recordings, Victor

John Holiday is a countertenor, which means that he sings in the highest male vocal range, comparable to a female alto or mezzo-soprano. John Holiday’s musical facility and interests transcend genres — he made a splash as a contestant on THE VOICE, the vocal competition tv series. But John Holiday’s roots are in opera, with

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves has performed in the world’s great opera houses and concert halls, and with the world’s great orchestras. Her supple and versatile artistry has also graced occasions such as the 2007 funeral of President Gerald Ford and the 2020 memorial service for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You can see those performances below, as

Jennifer Grim is a flutist who plays both modern and baroque instruments. She is also passionate about teaching music, and is Associate Professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, as well as the host of a series of online lessons for flutists on a variety of topics. This is Jennifer

Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the  2016 BBC Young Musician competition. But the English cellist became more widely known when he performed, at age 19, at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018. He is the third in a family of seven siblings who all play either violin, piano or cello. From a

Sandra Rivers is Professor of Collaborative Piano at Cincinnati College-Conservatory at The University of Cincinnati. “Collaborative piano” is a term sometimes used to describe a pianist who plays with one or more instrumentalists or singers. Sandra Rivers is a phenomenal musician who has collaborated with performers including Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Anne Aiko Meyers, Itzhak Perlman, Kathleen

I have had the great fortune to hear violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama perform in person. Her playing is transcendent. She is also a composer. And most of all, the Fulbright Scholar is a fascinating person with many interests that she actively nurtures, such as earning her Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard University. Today’s Beautiful

Alcee Chriss is one of today’s leading young organists. He has won awards at numerous international competitions, including winning First Prize at the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, 2016 Fort Wayne National Organ Competition, and 2014 Miami International Organ Competition. He is University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He is also one