Thursday, February 28, 2008
When picturing the banjo, most people imagine toothless hillbillies from God knows where, sitting on a dilapidated porch, picking away at the strings with a stalk of straw in their mouth. I was playing the banjo earlier this year and someone asked me where I was from — St. Louis — and then nodded as if that explained everything. More »
The classical music performance group Aguava — literally translated as “alarm” in Spanish — chose its name to evoke images associated with the fear of flooding, with particular emphasis on the aftermath of a flood — “the discovery and feeling associated with complete and total inundation,” said Carmen Tellez, one of the artistic directors and producers of Aguava. Priding itself on the revival of classical music as an outlet for artistic expression, Aguava has emerged as a musical tangram — constantly shuffling performers in and out of the group — defined by geometric patterns, classical music and lyric poetry. More »
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