A recital in a dark church at 10:30 a.m. on a sunny weekday may sound like an unlikely draw, but the first of MusicFest Vancouver’s three Chamber Music Morning concerts pulled in a respectable audience.
Whether he’s sitting at the piano or writing out a score, John Stetch loves to bend and stretch various forms of music into new and often startling shapes.
With more than 50 albums to their name, five Grammy awards, and a large base of die-hard fans spread around the world, something has been going very right for the Swingle Singers for a long time.
Benjamin Beilman started playing seriously around age five, and began tackling concert repertoire soon after. That kind of devotion is rare, and can bring out the best and worst in stage parents.
