Beautiful Music

Today’s Beautiful Music is a serene and uplifting performance by bass-baritone Dashon Burton of Franz Schubert’s LITANEI. The American singer studied at Case Western Reserve University and graduated from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, and Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. The Grammy-winning musician has a broad and varied repertory, with his favorites including […]

Cellist Khari Joyner earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, where his dissertation included research into mathematics and music. (“The Vertex: An Analysis of Mathematics and Music for the 21st Century Student and Performer.”) Dr. Joyner provides today’s Beautiful Music with his performance of the Third Unaccompanied Cello Suite by Johann

What a pleasure to feature Beautiful Music played by a young, emerging artist sch as the talented oboist, Mekhi Gladden. The Atlanta native is earning his degrees at the  Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and is already performing with orchestras such as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy

Pianists Jennifer Micallef and Glen Inanga met in 1994 as students at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The prize-winning piano duo performs  throughout Europe, Canada, the United States and Asia. Today’s Beautiful Music is the Micallef-Inanga Duo performing their 2-piano version of LA VALSE by Maurice Ravel. You can also read interviews with

I was first introduced to Ana Bineta Diouf from her marvelous performances on Dashkova Ensemble’s recording, RUSSIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY. Today’s Beautiful Music features Ana Bineta Diouf with pianist Niki Liogka performing music by Fanny (née Mendelssohn) Hensel from a 2019 performance. You can also use the link below to read about

  You may be familiar with Ludwig van Beethoven’s  Violin Sonata #9 op.47, which is familiarly nicknamed “Kreutzer”  after the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom it was ultimately dedicated. However, the 1804 composition was originally dedicated to George Polgreen Bridgetower (1778-1860) a virtuoso violinist of Black descent. Beethoven even personally performed the Sonata with Mr.

On this Valentine’s Day, today’s Beautiful Music is (no surprise) a love song! Gabriel Fauré’s Rêve d’Amour Op.5-2 (Dream of Love) is sung beautifully by the talented baritone Jean Bernard Cerin with pianist Martin Néron. Dr. Cerin is an assistant professor at Lincoln University in Southern Pennsylvania in the Department of Visual & Performing Arts.

Bass-baritone Davóne Tines is an opera singer who earned degrees from Harvard University (in Sociology!) and The Juilliard School. Mr. Tines’ talents are in great demand for international performances, and he recently also became the first ever Creative Partner for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Mr. Tines is a full creative partner involved in the

Michael Walker is a singer – his vocal range is countertenor, which is the highest male adult singing voice. Mr. Walker earned his Master of Music in Historical Performance Voice and Opera at Indiana University Bloomington, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management and Operations from University of Alabama in Huntsville.

What a pleasure to be able to share this Beautiful Music featuring baroque viola player Yvonne Smith! This intimate concert just streamed online on February 10, featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and William Flackton. Houston, TX-based musician Yvonne Smith plays baroque and modern viola, and earned her Master of Music and