Scott Joplin

...humble grandeur. "Incineratorag" was about elbows and angles, fits and starts and strutting rhythm: mischievous memories of Scott Joplin. Bolcom's "Serenata Notturna (Serenade No. 3) for Oboe and String Quartet, which followed, now moved...

In this article: William Bolcom, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Eroica, First United Methodist Church, and Mills College

African Continuum Theatre Company will produce "The Old Settler" at the Atlas in April, and the Washington Savoyards will mount Scott Joplin's opera, "Treemonisha," for a new festival that Atlas will sponsor. "Intersections: A New America...

In this article: Washington and MCC Theater

...a lithe, agile performance from Manasse. The program closed with Novacek's "Four Piano Rags," buoyant works in the style of Scott Joplin, and Manasse and Nakamatsu played them with wit and charm. Each one is a gem, but the "Fourth Street...

In this article: Jon Nakamatsu, Norbert Burgmuller, Paquito D'Rivera, West Side Story, and Clara Schumann

...Room, 1-2pm), courtesy of one of the NCH's favourite performers, Colm 'Stride' O'Brien. The programme includes the works of Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and includes some of the most famous Broadway hits from the...

In this article: Des Smyth, Ryder Cup, Fats Waller, and Irving Berlin

...a masterful facility for improvisation in his own piano style, Mr. Hyman also has researched and recorded the piano music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Zez Confrey, Eubie Blake and Fats Waller. Other solo...

In this article: George Wein, Newport, Lew Tabackin, Woody Allen, Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, New York City, and Howard Alden

...undeniable that a bond, however fragile, exists between the two musics. This was evident from the very beginning, with pianist Scott Joplin's ambition to create a musical language equal to that of the classical masters. The widespread notion...

In this article: Brad Mehldau, Louis Moholo, Enrico Pieranunzi, Tord Gustavsen, Keith Tippett, Keith Jarrett, and Evan Parker

...duo offered a delectable account of Kreisler's "Syncopation," a piece that sounds like a cross-pollination of Johann Strauss and Scott Joplin. PHOTO BY TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS COURTESY OF KATHRYN KING MEDIA Post a comment All comments...

In this article: Leonard Bernstein, E mail, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, BBC Music Magazine, Occidental College in Los Angeles, and Eisenhower College

...also writes for the Jazz Arts Group in Columbus, Ohio. Most people's knowledge of ragtime doesn't go past a few classic Scott Joplin compositions, and practitioners of the style today (not to mention composers) are few and far between.

In this article: Cadre, Slippery Elm, David Laibman, Eric Schoenberg, Kicking Mule, and Stefan Grossman

...Room, 1-2pm), courtesy of one of the NCH's favourite performers, Colm 'Stride' O'Brien. The programme includes the works of Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin. Expensive and elaborate do not necessarily add up to...

In this article: Gay Byrne, Lyric FM, Tyan, Fats Waller, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin

...ground for being an eclectic, curious musician. I’d have people say, ‘Hey, can you play the Beatles? Can you play Scott Joplin? Can you play “Sound of Music”? Can you play Mozart?’ So for me, it seemed normal...

In this article: Pandora, Web-based, Tin Pan Alley, James P. Johnson, George Gershwin, and La Mirada