by Frank Bunker | Jun 24, 2021
The Sounds of a World in Progress American composer, conductor and bassist Rick Robinson and his CutTime Simfonica performed for Pro Musica of Detroit in an online program that streamed May 13, 2021. Fusing virtuosity in performance with depth of interpretation, the...
by Dan Keelan | Apr 14, 2021
As of this writing, our Pro Musica LIVE episodes have been viewed 2,111 times. Think of those as over 2,000 tables of patrons watching and listening to the great Cecelia Sharpe interview our guest artists and listening to the recording that we capture live with the...
by Frank Bunker | Apr 10, 2021
It is with heavy hearts we report Mrs. Alice Berberian Haidostian, a great supporter of the arts and a longtime member of ProMusica of Detroit, has passed. Mrs. Haidostian died peacefully at her home in Bloomfield Hills on March 24, 2021. She was 95 years of age. Mrs....
by Josiah Tazelaar | Jan 27, 2021
This was a brilliant production of the Pro Musica Live concert series. Kudos to all who participated, with a loud brava! to Cecelia Sharpe of WRCJ 90.9 FM for conducting a most enlightening interview with our singer, Soprano Angela Theis. I want to focus on the...
by Josiah Tazelaar | Dec 23, 2020
The stars were aligned: It was Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and “our” Amit Peled helped us celebrate! I think that we at Pro Musica Detroit have a right to call him “our” ‘cellist: after all, this was his...
by Josiah Tazelaar | Nov 30, 2020
No need to remind current listeners of the incredible circumstances of this Pro Musica season, but for future readers: this season is full of firsts: Never before have there not been an audience coming together at a concert hall. Never before, has the...
by Frank Bunker | Sep 30, 2020
It is with heavy hearts that we report Ms. Anna “Ann” Kondak, one of Pro Musica Detroit’s great supporters, has passed. Ms. Kondak died Sept. 24, 2020. She was 92 years of age. Members of Pro Musica will remember Ms. Kondak as she enjoyed performances for more than 60...
by Josiah Tazelaar | Feb 25, 2020
A good-sized audience was treated to one of PMD’s rarer presentations: two guitarists, female, and not from Latin America, Iberia, or Nashville, but from China, and they impressed! From the very first note, I was enthralled. The Chaconne (from...
by Josiah Tazelaar | Oct 7, 2019
How can it be: a piano recital without music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, or Rachmaninov?? Well, it can be wonderful, if someone like Roman Rabinovich created “An Homage to Picasso” that uses piano music to...
by Ruth Zaromp | May 18, 2019
The Pro Musica organization of Detroit has been around for most of the 20th century until the present. This organization has brought in top musicians and has created an audience that provides a sense of respect and pride within anybody who participates in it. I count...
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