By Belinda M. Paschal / For The Columbus Dispatch
“George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” will meet rapturous bluegrass when banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck leads off ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s 2025-26 season at the Southern Theatre.
“I wanted to open with a …
By Paul Batterson / For BroadwayWorld
“Leslie Odom Jr., whose Christmas Tour 2024 stopped in Columbus Dec. 19-20, is best remembered for being “the villain in your history,” originating the role of Aaron Burr in HAMILTON.
“All your life you …
By Belinda M. Paschal / For The Columbus Dispatch
“While most teens were thinking about driver’s licenses, prom night and graduation, Leslie Odom Jr.’s head was filled with Broadway dreams.
Except it wasn’t just an idle fantasy.
With the fearlessness …
By Esther Lim / For The Columbus Dispatch
“ProMusica Chamber Orchestra is entering its 46th season and celebrating with an opening weekend, bringing with it special guests and a night of music that will captivate listeners with a program that …
By Esther Lim / For The Columbus Dispatch
“At ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s free annual Summer Music Series, no two concerts are the same.
A spontaneous flock of geese flying overhead, summer-scented evening breezes dancing through the trees, scatterings of stars …
By Maisie Fitzmaurice / For CityScene Magazine
“Coming from a family of musicians in New Orleans, it is no surprise that Grammy-winning soul artist Jon Batiste showed musical talent early in life.
He was introduced to show business through his …
By Paul Batterson / For BroadwayWorld
“Usually when a performer can go from song style to song style, you call him or her a chameleon, an animal which survives by blending into its surroundings. To call Jon Batiste a chameleon, …
By Peter Tonguette / For The Columbus Dispatch
“The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra did not program the concerts in its upcoming season with a single theme, group of composers or time period in mind.
“We didn’t go for an overarching theme,” …
By Peter Tonguette / For The Columbus Dispatch
“You have heard him on his celebrated albums “We Are” and “World Music Radio.”
You have seen him in his capacity as bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”You have watched …
By Peter Tonguette / For The Columbus Dispatch
“If you have attended the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s soiree concerts for the past several years, you may feel as though you have seen much of the cast of the Broadway hit “Hamilton.”…
