Composer’s Insights: ‘Come All True-Hearted Southern Boys’

by Dorothy Frisch It was indeed an interesting challenge to set poetry by a Confederate soldier to music. The main challenge was to enter into the mindset of the author, Sergeant Charles Miller, a man who believed in a cause I personally would not support. A man,...

Bert Appermont: ‘Colors’ for Trombone

Thoughts on the trombone concerto “Colors”, from the composer Bert Appermont’s website: “The starting point of Colors is bipartite. On the one hand I wanted to create a solo piece based upon the colors yellow, blue, red and green. I wanted to...

Alexei Doohovskoy

Alexei Doohovskoy is an active Boston area freelance trombonist and music educator.  He is a member of both the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Orchestra of Indian Hill.  He has also performed with the Boston Symphony and Pops Orchestras, the Boston Lyric Opera, the...

Weston Middle School Grade 6-7 Chorus

Directed by J. Parker Eldridge with accompanist Mary Louise Schecter, the non-auditioned Grade 6-7 Chorus is comprised of over 60 male and female students.  Repertoire consists of a variety of genres from all corners of the world and time periods from the Classical...

J. Parker Eldridge

Our baritone soloist for ‘A Salute to John Rutter’ is a man of many talents–he also teaches and directs the Weston Middle School Grade 6-7 Chorus, which will be joining Sounds of Stow on the risers for ‘Mass of the Children’. Born and...