Cameron Carpenter launched the new Kravis Center organ Wednesday night with American-style pomp and circumstance. The pomp was in the program he chose and the circumstance was the gala atmosphere surrounding what went on with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra playing alongside this lovable master of the new Opus 11 digital console organ, donated by generous philanthropist … [Read more...]
Kravis to welcome its newest resident: A digital organ
The George W. Mergens Memorial Organ. If you happened to be driving by the Kravis Center early Saturday morning, you might have felt something unfamiliar: A tremor, a rumbling, a distant shaking. That was no earthquake you heard — at least not in the terrestrial sense. What you heard was a sonic quake, an electron-wave tsunami, the shuddering of a subwoofer temblor. It was … [Read more...]
Sinatra, Lennon remembered in upcoming Kravis shows
By Steven J. Smith Frank Sinatra and John Lennon, two iconic 20th-century figures in popular music, will be celebrated this month at the Kravis Center. Multi-platinum selling, five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein will bring his talents to the Dreyfoos Jr. Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, for his second of a three-concert series at the Kravis Center … [Read more...]