Tag Archives: Gershwin

The List: 2014 in the Arts!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by susannisbett

SUSAN ISAACS NISBETT (Ann Arbor, Dec. 31, 2014) It’s time to say good-bye to 2014 and welcome in the New Year. It’s a time to settle accounts and make plans, but I’ll wait till tomorrow to do the latter. Today, … Continue reading →

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If it’s Saturday, it must be the USA: A2SO concert highlights what’s homegrown

Posted on October 12, 2014 by susannisbett

Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct. 12, 2014) I’m reminded, as I write this review, of the scary name-that-tune tests we had to take in college music history: As the stylus descended on a mystery LP (yup, that’s what we … Continue reading →

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All-American: A2SO presents ‘Made in the USA’

Posted on October 11, 2014 by susannisbett

Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.11, 2014) Arie Lipsky, music director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, is a man on the move. Literally. “I’m just dusty and trying to remember what I put where,” he said by phone recently … Continue reading →

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Who could ask for anything more? George Gershwin’s last piano makes U-M debut

Posted on October 9, 2014 by susannisbett

Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.9, 2014) S’wonderful. Marvelous, too. The last Steinway grand piano owned by famed American composer George Gershwin – the one on which he most likely composed “Porgy and Bess” – has a new life. Donated … Continue reading →

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