Dressed In Red Dressed in Red Husna Quinn The tapping of her scarlet pin heels fills the family room. Her radiant red dress illuminates the faded gray shapes of objects surrounding her. My gaze from just outside the door follows her coal black eyes. Glimpsing at the art attached to the… Read More
Ink Wash Ink Wash Eliza Rudalevige She knew how every color tasted and blue was her favorite. Blues like moistly misty mornings, mosquitos dancing in a haze of left-over campfire and condensation. Blue settled softly over sloped tents then fading into husky, grass-fed violet the same color as lavender fields at dawn … Read More
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in A minor, BWV 1041 J.S. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685 and died in Leipzig in 1750. He likely composed this work between 1717 and 1723, although some scholars think it came a few years later. The circumstances of its first performance are unknown…. Read More
What instruments do you play? Piano, celeste, synthesizer. What is your educational background? Master’s Degree in Piano Performance, Western Washington University; Bachelor of Science Degree in Voice and French, Indiana University When did you start playing for the PSO? And where else do you perform? I started in 1992 as a contracted player. I perform… Read More
Grammy-award winning flutist and piccoloist, Rachel Braude, has been a prominent member of the Boston music scene for many years. She is on the faculties of Dartmouth College and the New England Conservatory of Music (Preparatory Division). Rachel is the former piccoloist of the St. Louis Symphony and currently holds positions with the Portland Symphony,… Read More
Lisa Goddard is an avid orchestral and chamber musician on both historical and modern instruments. She plays regularly with the Portland Symphony in Maine, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston Ballet Orchestra, and can also be heard with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Handel and Haydn Society and… Read More
What instruments do you play? Harp What is your educational background? New England Conservatory of Music, Boston University, Boston Conservatory and Bucharest National University of Music When did you start playing for the PSO? And where else do you perform? In 2016. I also perform with the Boston Pops Orchestras, Boston Lyric Opera and various… Read More
Where did you grow up? Albuquerque, New Mexico Where do you currently live? Walpole, Massachusetts What instrument(s) do you play? Percussion Educational background: Boston University – BM performance; New England Conservatory – MM performance; Bridgewater State College – Master Education Personal Information (family, pets, kids, etc.): Married 25 years, 2 girls, one cat, many bicycles How did you get started… Read More
Where did you grow up? Jacksonville, FL Educational background: BM New England Conservatory, Fellowship Tanglewood Music Center, Brevard Music Center, McDonald’s All-American High School Band Began with the PSO: In 1977 Any non-musical hobbies? Golf, sailing, ’68 Vespa scooter, gardening, antiques and the Red Sox! What non-PSO musical activities do you participate in? Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, New Hampshire… Read More
Where did you grow up? Born in New York City; Grew up in Bedford, MA Where do you currently live? Burlington, MA What instrument do you play? Principal timpani Educational background: Bachelor of Music with Distinction in Performance, New England Conservatory; Graduate Studies, New England Conservatory; New England Conservatory Tourjee Alumni Award Winner; New England Conservatory/Toho Gakuen School (Tokyo)… Read More