Union: Samuel Ramey And Warren Jones Bass Samuel Ramey and pianist warren jones presented a recital Saturday eveningat the Union Theater that by any measure was a huge success with the capacity http://www.madisonmusicreview.org/doc/r_199501_ramey.html
Extractions: Bass Samuel Ramey and pianist Warren Jones presented a recital Saturday evening at the Union Theater that by any measure was a huge success with the capacity audience. Ramey is quite clearly an operatic star of the first magnitude. He displays an easy-going but confident manner and has a relaxed but commanding stage presence. His voice is rich, resonant, invariably on-pitch, and able to carry easily into the farthest reaches of a large hall. I had previously heard him only in a televised performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni , which I found very gratifying. In light of all that, I expected more than came through in this recital. Reconciling expectation with reality, I left the hall with the feeling that what had happened was more nearly entertainment than art, though of course these are not mutually exclusive categories. Ramey's vocal production was nearly flawless. I was disturbed only by a fairly frequent over-rounding of the ah vowel, both in Italian and in German, such that it emerged as indistinct from the vowel in the English word "awe." In the other languages, this amounts to mispronunciation. Still, Ramey's diction was overall several cuts above the norm for opera singers.
Bronson Piano Studio Date, Review, Organization. 10/18/00, Baritone Bo Skovhus pianist warren jones,Carmel Music Society. Baritone Bo Skovhus pianist warren jones. By Lyn Bronson. http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/101800r1.htm
Extractions: Lyn Bronson The Carmel Music Society opened its 2000-2001 concert season on October 18 at Sunset Center in Carmel with a lieder recital featuring Danish baritone Bo Skovhus and pianist Warren Jones in a program consisting of five songs by Haydn, a selection of songs from Schubert's Schwanengesang and Schumann's Dichterliebe In addition to a distinguished career in opera, Skovhus has also built a reputation as a lieder singer and has made some highly regarded Schubert and Schumann recordings with pianist Helmut Deutsch. This concert represents his first appearance of on the Monterey Peninsula, and thus his is a welcome new face on our musical scene. This concert seemed very brief and very serious. There were no operatic arias or vocal chestnuts to delight the opera buffs in the audience (and we do have a few), nor were there any modern art songs or Broadway hits to give the program more variety. This recital began with lieder, and it ended with lieder. At the beginning of the recital in the Haydn songs, Mr. Skovhus' voice seemed rather constrained and distant, and not at all what we might expect from someone with his operatic experience. However, the songs themselves were pleasant, if not terribly interesting, and the two musicians rendered them in a sensitive, musicianly manner. The five songs from the
Lori Laitman: Warren Jones The website for pianist warren jones an internationallyknown artist who has performedalongside some of the most prominent of today's classical singers. http://www.artsongs.com/find/links/warrenjones
Extractions: You are here: home find links Warren Jones Warren Jones The website for pianist Warren Jones: an internationally-known artist who has performed alongside some of the most prominent of today's classical singers. Link: http://warrenjones.com See all reviews and photos Joanne Sydney Lessner, March, 2001, OPERANEWS.com online edition
Kravis Center 2002-2003 Season: Samuel Ramey, Bass here will be with his longtime collaborator, pianist warren jones. His program will likely include a mixture of http://www.kravis.org/whatplay/shows/events/2003sramey.htm
Warren Jones Indispensable Partner La Scena Musicale Vol. 5.3 - November 1999. The San Francisco Examiner hascalled pianist warren jones the single finest accompanist now working . http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-3/WarrenJones-en.htm
Extractions: The San Francisco Examiner has called pianist Warren Jones "the single finest accompanist now working". Jones, who has played with such great artists as Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle, Denyce Grayes and Olaf Baer, will be touring several American cities with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in the next few weeks. In an interview given to La Scena in June, he talked about his views on accompanying and the tremendous joys it brings him. The 47-year-old dynamo stepped onstage when he was five and has never looked back. Jones considers making music with someone else to be one of life's "wonderful experiences". It's a way of knowing people in a non-verbal manner, of feeling "shared energy". To develop a successful working relationship, soloist and pianist must respect each other's abilities. The accompanist is an equal partner, said Jones, and he was happy to report that attitudes on this subject are changing. He recalled an incident in 1997 when he was a juror at the Van Cliburn competition. A woman came up to him and asked, "Should I call you an accompanist or a collaborator?" His reply was a true cry from the heart: "Just call me a pianist!" Jones felt that good technique is merely a starting point for making music. The first thing he looks for in a student is the ability to get along with other musicians. He compared the bond between soloist and pianist to a love relationship: "First you must know yourself then you know the other."
Warren Jones warren jones with soprano Lauren Skuce and pianist Spencer Myer at a January 2002 master class was presented under the http://warrenjones.com/eng.html
Warren Jones pianist warren jones frequently performs with many of today's bestknown artists,including Marilyn Horne, Denyce Graves, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ruth Ann Swenson http://www.lottelehmann.org/llf/about/profiles/llf_advisoryProfile49.html
Extractions: Home Hear Lehmann Sing Read her Bios View Photos ... CyberSing Winners Warren Jones Pianist Warren Jones frequently performs with many of today's best-known artists, including Marilyn Horne, Denyce Graves, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ruth Ann Swenson, Barbara Bonney, Carol Vaness, Samuel Ramey, James Morris, Håkan Hagegård, Olaf Baer and Bo Skovhus. In the past he has partnered such great singers as Kathleen Battle, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos and Martti Talvela. His collaborations and chamber music performances have earned consistently high praise from many publications: theWashington Post has remarked that he is "an indispensable partner", while the San Francisco Examiner declared him to be "the single finest accompanist now working". Mr. Jones is a member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where highly gifted young artists work with him in a unique graduate degree program in collaborative piano. Each summer he teaches and performs at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. For ten years he was Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and for three seasons served in the same capacity at San Francisco Opera. Mr. Jones is also a prominent musical jurist, having been a judge for the Walter Naumberg Foundation Awards, the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Artists' Association International Fine Arts Competition and the American Council for the Arts. In the Spring of 1997 he joined the jury of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, at Mr. Cliburn's special invitation.
Fort Worth Star Telegram Warren Jones Article The San Francisco Examiner has called pianist warren jones "the single finest accompanist now working". jones, who has http://www.warrenjones.com/lascena.html
Extractions: The San Francisco Examiner has called pianist Warren Jones "the single finest accompanist now working". Jones, who has played with such great artists as Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle, Denyce Grayes and Olaf Baer, will be touring several American cities with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in the next few weeks. In an interview given to La Scena in June, he talked about his views on accompanying and the tremendous joys it brings him. The 47-year-old dynamo stepped onstage when he was five and has never looked back. Jones considers making music with someone else to be one of life's "wonderful experiences". It's a way of knowing people in a non-verbal manner, of feeling "shared energy". To develop a successful working relationship, soloist and pianist must respect each other's abilities. The accompanist is an equal partner, said Jones, and he was happy to report that attitudes on this subject are changing. He recalled an incident in 1997 when he was a juror at the Van Cliburn competition. A woman came up to him and asked, "Should I call you an accompanist or a collaborator?" His reply was a true cry from the heart: "Just call me a pianist!" Jones felt that good technique is merely a starting point for making music. The first thing he looks for in a student is the ability to get along with other musicians. He compared the bond between soloist and pianist to a love relationship: "First you must know yourself then you know the other."
Warren Jones warren jones. pianist warren jones frequently performs with many of today's bestknown artists, including Marilyn Horne, http://www.lottelehmann.com/llf/about/profiles/llf_advisoryProfile49.html
Extractions: Home Hear Lehmann Sing Read her Bios View Photos ... CyberSing Winners Warren Jones Pianist Warren Jones frequently performs with many of today's best-known artists, including Marilyn Horne, Denyce Graves, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ruth Ann Swenson, Barbara Bonney, Carol Vaness, Samuel Ramey, James Morris, Håkan Hagegård, Olaf Baer and Bo Skovhus. In the past he has partnered such great singers as Kathleen Battle, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos and Martti Talvela. His collaborations and chamber music performances have earned consistently high praise from many publications: theWashington Post has remarked that he is "an indispensable partner", while the San Francisco Examiner declared him to be "the single finest accompanist now working". Mr. Jones is a member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where highly gifted young artists work with him in a unique graduate degree program in collaborative piano. Each summer he teaches and performs at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. For ten years he was Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and for three seasons served in the same capacity at San Francisco Opera. Mr. Jones is also a prominent musical jurist, having been a judge for the Walter Naumberg Foundation Awards, the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Artists' Association International Fine Arts Competition and the American Council for the Arts. In the Spring of 1997 he joined the jury of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, at Mr. Cliburn's special invitation.
Bronson Piano Studio On Monday, April 19, the Carmel Music Society presented soprano Ruth Ann Swenson,assisted by pianist warren jones, in a superb recital at Sunset Center in http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/041999r1.htm
Extractions: In Rossini's L'invito , which sounds for all the world like an early Chopin Polonaise (not surprising, since Chopin was an ardent fan of Rossini and Bellini) Ms. Swenson continued to wow us with her fantastic control of dynamics and beautiful shaping of phrases. In the two Bellini arias, Almen se non poss'io and Per pieta, bell'idol mio
Lori Laitman: Preparing For The Next CD Purchase in NY, I recorded the following songs with soprano Jennifer Check, mezzosopranoPatricia Green, baritone Randall Scarlata, and pianist warren jones http://www.artsongs.com/meet/news/secondCD
Extractions: You are here: home meet news Preparing for the next CD In August 2001, I started recording music for my second CD. Holocaust 1944, a 30 minute long duet for baritone voice and double bass, was recorded by William Sharp and Gary Karr, at Garys state-of-the-art home studio in Victoria, BC. In January, 2002, at SUNY Purchase in NY, I recorded the following songs with soprano Jennifer Check, mezzo-soprano Patricia Green, baritone Randall Scarlata, and pianist Warren Jones: I plan on recording Sunflowers this summer with soprano Sari Gruber. I am thrilled to be working with these great artists! See all reviews and photos Joanne Sydney Lessner, March, 2001, OPERANEWS.com online edition
A&L Performing Arts News Release - Denyce Graves & Warren Jones worldwide as one of todays most exciting vocal stars, will present her SantaBarbara debut recital, accompanied by pianist warren jones, on Tuesday, March http://www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/pr/graves.asp
Extractions: e-mail: gwynne-s@sa.ucsb.edu Summary Facts: Carmen and Samson et Dalila, Atlanta Journal Constitution Voce di Donna, a solo recording of opera arias, Denyce Graves: A Cathedral Christmas, Angels Watching over Me, The Lost Days: Music in the Latin Style. Washington Post San Francisco Chronicle For more information about Denyce Graves and her recordings, please visit her website at www.denycegraves.com . For more information about Warren Jones, please visit his website at www.warrenjones.com A limited number of $100 patron tickets are available for the recital by Denyce Graves. These tickets, which benefit ArtAbounds, include premium seating and an invitation to a private reception with the artists after the performance. Warren Jones will hold a Master Class with UCSB piano students on Monday, March 17 at 7 pm at Geiringer Hall, UCSB Music Building (the UCSB Department of Music is a co-sponsor of the class). The class is free and open to public observation.
On The Wings Of Song 6. Meagan Miller, soprano Brian Zeger, pianist. 7. Stephanie Blythe, mezzosoprano warren jones, pianist. Bejun Mehta, countertenor warren jones, pianist. http://www.digitalchips.com/dci5028.htm
Extractions: Executive Producer: Barbara Holker DCI 5028 * 13 CD Set The Marilyn Horne Foundation sponsors a series of recital with rising young opera stars. In 2001, the foundation edited these performances into a 13 week one-hour radio series. The box set was created for distribution to public radio stations for broadcast. On the Wings of Song Track Listings: 12. 8th Annual Marilyn Horne Foundation Gala Concert at Carneti Hall, Part I - featuring singers Ms. Bayrakdarian, David Daniels, Renee Fleming, Jerry Hadley, Marilyn Horne, Lester Lynch, Bryn Terfel, and Dolora Zajick; with pianists Brian Farrel, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Ms. Matheson, and Mr. Zeger
Extractions: American-born Samuel Ramey, whom Time Magazine referred to as "a basso of extraordinary dramatic and lyric gifts," can be found regularly on the stages of the world's great opera houses, including La Scala, Covent Garden, Vienna Opera, the Paris Opera, the New York City Opera, and the San Francisco Opera. With astounding versatility he commands an impressive breadth of repertoire encompassing virtually every musical style.
Extractions: Warren Jones "Mike Blinder and OperaWeb.com are a Godsend for people like me whose career needed that extra 'shot in the arm.' Mike's broader vision and insightful help have been indispensable in this ever-changing world of e-commerce. Yet, unlike most of today's e-commerce types who can only express themselves in 'computer-speak,' Mike is able to put things in a human perspective and find a common language in the oft-times 'larger-than-life' world of opera. Bravissimo, Mike and thanks!"
Extractions: Composer/pianist/musical-director Warren's diversity in the musical world is well documented. His works include, PIN MONEY OPERA (Carling London Best Musical Award, 1992) and JOSEPHINE (Critics Circle Award Best Musical runner-up, 1993) for BAC, the UK premier THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND - Kander and Ebb, directed by Jude Kelly (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1995/6) and the box office breaking ZORRO by Ken Hill (Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1995). He is co-founder of Babel Theatre and has a worldwide record contract with Prestige Records who have released Piano Classics and Eleven Aspects . More recently he was MD/arranger on Soul Train in the West End and on tour, starring Sheila Ferguson, nominee 0livier Award. The critics view Warren as "the Motown Janacek" (Time Out) and describe his work as "fascinating... Steve Reich meets Mike Leigh" (The Guardian) with an ability to "send us away in a state of perplexing, yet sublime euphoria" (The Sunday Times). His co-production of BABEL NIGHTS (BAC. 1996) was listed in The Evening Standard Hot Tickets during its entire run. Warren is currently working on new works GREAT EXPECTATIONS, directed by Mark Clements, a co-production between Derby Playhouse/Walnut Theatre Philadelphia (Feb, Mar2002); CARD INDEX by Taduesz Rozevic- another major work for which Warren composed the score is on at BAC in March 2002, as part of the Critics Choice season.
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