Michael J. Woodruff's thought-provoking blogpost on the music of Beethoven and Ravel, inspired by our ongoing lecture-recitals on the life and music of Helen Hopekirk.
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/07/16/did-ravel-stand-on-beethovens-shoulders/
July 10, 2023, Muller and Steigerwalt will perform on the Lake City Arts Chamber Music Series. Lake City CO sits nestled in the heart of the San Juan Mountains at 8,671 feet. A summer vacation destination, the area features activities including hiking, camping, boating, fly fishing, horseback riding and mountain biking over the many spectacular mountain trails.
We join colleagues and friends in mourning the loss of this extraordinary composer and teacher. Lew wrote two works for us: Dreamworlds (featured on our piano four-hand CD In Your Head) and Fantasia.
Here is his obituary from the New York Times:
Lewis Spratlan, 82, Dies; Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer https://nyti.ms/3YSAzC6
In their first live concert since the pandemic began, Muller and Steigerwalt opened the 2021–2022 season of the Hill and Hollow music series in Saranac, New York.
The New York Times had an enthusiastic notice of composer David Sanford's Black Noise (2017), commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. (Scroll to lower portion of the article.) David’s The Silent Hearth (2018) is featured on our piano four-hand CD In Your Head.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/arts/music/classical-music-youtube.html?searchResultPosition=1