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But not for classical music. A century after the great flowering of music in the U.S. that saw the establishment of many of the major orchestras and the opening of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, American orchestras and opera companies face an unprecedented challenge. Unsure of their role in...
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First of all, the marimba is not a dance, like the mambo. Nor is it a folk band, like a mariachi. Nor should it be confused with maracas, those hollow gourds filled with dry seeds that shake, rattle and roll south of the border. Most audiences could not pick it...
In the hermetic world of percussionists, Stevens has won renown for his innovation, which extends to the manufacture of mallets and the design of a new marimba. He is also struggling to create a repertory, which previously had consisted largely of transcriptions and arrangements. Stevens has performed more than 25...
A native of Pasadena, Calif., Jarvis made his first musical appearances as an aspiring classical pianist, sporting heavy horn-rims and a bowl haircut. He quit as soon as his parents would let him -- at 14 -- and a year later dropped out of high school to scuffle around on the...