Conducting Conversations
On April 14, 2023, WCRI’s Conducting Conversations with Mike Maino featured NaBSCO Interim Music Director John Eells and choral directors Dr. Joseph Amante y Zapata and Krista Wilhelmsen of Coro Amante and CCRI Choirs. They talked about the music of the upcoming Spring Concert, including Brahms’ choral works Nänie and Schicksalslied and Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5. Listen here!
NaBSCO performed Mozart’s Requiem in collaboration with Coro Amante and CCRI Choirs in March 2023. Watch this selection, or see our channel for the full performance!
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NaBSCO Featured in URI’s 7th Annual Guitar Festival
On October 22, 2022, NaBSCO performed two concertos with world-class soloist Adam Levin, guitar, as part of the University of Rhode Island’s Guitar Festival. Levin was joined by Mandolin soloist Jacob Reuven in the world premiere performance of Avner Dorman’s Concerto for Mandolin, Guitar, and Orchestra; he also gave the U.S. premiere performance of Eduardo Morales-Caso’s Concierto de la Herradura for Guitar and Orchestra. NaBSCO accompanied both works, and also opened the concert with William Grant Still’s Festive Overture. Watch the video here!
Photo by Gail Agronick
NaBSCO in Motif Magazine
Music Director Kristo Kondakçi and Vice President Crikkett Young spoke with Joe DeMarco of Motif Magazine in August 2021 about NaBSCO’s history, keeping music going during COVID, and looking forward to our 2021-22 season.
“As COVID restrictions loosen and live performance returns, NaBSCO has an ambitious season planned, filled with repertoire that would be considered adventurous programming by any standards.”