Monthly Archives: March 2000

UCSC Orchestra & Chamber Players

On Saturday evening, March 11, the UCSC Orchestra and Chamber Singers under the direction of conductor Nicole Paiement presented a program consisting of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture, Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with Maria Ezerova as … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Orchestral


Janaki Trio

In referring to the genre of the string quartet, string players have been known to remark, “second violinists are a dime a dozen,” and in truth, the term “playing second fiddle” long ago entered our lexicon as a catchword for … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Carmel Music Society, Chamber music, String trio


Camerata Singers

“Singing people are happy people.” Thus spake Marshall Bartholomew, the legendary conductor of the Yale University Glee Club who, during his forty-year career, built this ensemble into a world-class men’s chorus presenting annual concerts at Carnegie Hall and enjoying international … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Choral


Empire Brass

The Empire Brass blew into town last night, and they not only blew, they wailed up a storm of sound, the likes of which hasn’t been heard on the Carmel Music Society’s series in quite some time, and did we … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Brass, Carmel Music Society, Chamber music