{"id":30939,"date":"2019-02-09T09:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=30939"},"modified":"2019-02-09T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:37:22","slug":"on-stage-curtis-on-tour-chris-barron-hit-chesco-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=30939","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Curtis On Tour, Chris Barron hit Chesco tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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A vocal-quartet plus pianists as part of the Curtis On Tour Vocal Quartet.<\/p><\/div>\n

Frequently, area music fans turn their attention to shows in Philadelphia when they\u2019re looking for live entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 9, music fans from Philly and its suburbs will be looking to Chester County as a destination for top-flight live performances with a concert of classical music in West Chester and an intimate show by a veteran rocker in Kennett Square.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (236 North High Street, West Chester, <\/span>https:\/\/uptownwestchester.org\/<\/a><\/span>) is presenting a concert featuring Curtis On Tour Vocal Quartet on February 9 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grounded in the Curtis Institute\u2019s hands-on philosophy, Curtis On Tour offers students real-world, professional touring experience alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. Since the program was established more than a decade ago, students, faculty, and alumni have performed several hundred 300 concerts. Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCurtis On Tour started in 2008,\u201d said Catelyn Cohen, Manager of Touring at Curtis Institute of Music during a phone interview Thursday from her office on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, we have visited 90 cities in Europe, Asia and America and have performed more than 300 concerts. Curtis On Tour is grounded in the school\u2019s \u2018Learn by Doing\u201d philosophy. It\u2019s an integral part of the student\u2019s education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Curtis Institute currently has three programs on tour with concerts in California, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Florida, Philadelphia \u2013 and West Chester.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith these tours, we also are able to see how programs develop over time,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cIt is also a way to make connections across the country and around the world \u2013 an introduction to the Curtis Institute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The show in West Chester will be \u201cProgram Two\u201d featuring music by Bernstein, Weill, Romberg, Bizet, Mozart and Verdi. The performers are: Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano; Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano; Dominic Armstrong, tenor; Patrick Wilhelm, baritone; Milo\u0161 Repick\u00fd, piano; and Mikael Eliasen, piano.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Eliasen, \u201cWhat you\u2019re going to hear on this tour started with an amazing piece for four singers and piano four hands by Johannes Brahms called \u201cLiebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52.\u201d On this tour, you\u2019re going to hear a cross-section of opera, musical theater, operetta and song repertoire.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cLiebeslieder Waltzes op. 52\u201d and their successors — the \u201cNeue Liebeslieder Waltzes op. 65\u201d — are among Brahms\u2019 most popular works.<\/span><\/p>\n

The waltzes are a collection of love songs in L\u00e4ndler style for voices and piano four hands. The unusual medium of the Liebeslieder, which combines piano duo with vocal quartet, unites two distinctive parts of his output — the vocal quartet with solo piano and original piano duo composition. The lyrics for the Liebeslieder come from Georg Friedrich Daumer\u2019s \u201cPolydora,\u201d a collection of folk songs and love poems that deal with aspects of love — serious, humorous, ironical, sincere.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first half of the show at the Uptown will include \u201cSerenade\u201d from \u201cThe Student Prince\u201d by Sigmund Romberg, \u201cGlitter and Be Gay\u201d from \u201cCandide\u201d by Leonard Bernstein, \u201cSeguidilla: \u201cPr\u00e8s des ramparts de S\u00e9ville,\u201d from \u201cCarmen\u201d by Georges Bizet, \u201cIt Never Was You\u201d from \u201cKnickerbocker Holiday\u201d by Kurt Weill, \u201cL\u00e0 ci darem la mano\u201d from \u201cDon Giovanni\u201d by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, \u201cDein ist mein ganzes Herz,\u201d from \u201cDas Land des L\u00e4chelns\u201d and \u201cLippen schweigen,\u201d from \u201cDie lustige Witwe\u201d by Franz Leh\u00e1r, \u201cTonight,\u201d from \u201cWest Side Story\u201d by Leonard Bernstein, and \u201cBella figlia dell\u2019amore,\u201d from \u201cRigoletto\u201d by Giuseppe Verdi.<\/span><\/p>\n

The works featured after intermission will be \u201cOverture to Candide\u201d by Leonard Bernstein followed by the showstopper \u2013 \u201cLiebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52\u201d by Johannes Brahms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Curtis On Tour — https:\/\/youtu.be\/BXMu8ucBNfw<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming events at the venue are \u201cChanting & Chocolate\u201d on February 10, \u201cDueling Pianos\u201d on February 14 and Jazz Cocktail Hour \u2013 \u201cPaula Johns presents “The Look of Love”, A Tribute to Burt Bacharach & Dionne Warwick\u201d on February 15.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spin Doctors always play to packed houses when they have concerts in the area \u2013 understandable for a band that has been popular for almost three decades. One of the main cogs in the success of the band has been Chris Barron, who is the group\u2019s guitarist and main songwriter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chris Barron<\/p><\/div>\n

On February 9, Spin Doctors fans will have a rare opportunity to hear Barron perform up-close and personal in an intimate show at Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org)<\/a>..<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spin Doctors are still going strong \u2013 with Barron in the line-up. This show is just Barron doing his own thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barron released his newest album, \u201cAngels Are One Armed Jugglers\u201d just over a year ago on Chrysanthemum Records \u2013 a tasty collection of 11 songs that show the veteran musician\u2019s versatility and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t made a solo album in a really long time,\u201d said Barron, during a phone interview last week from his home in New York City. \u201cI\u2019m the primary writer for the Spin Doctors and we\u2019re still together. We\u2019ve made a career with getting out in the summer and playing great gigs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Barron\u2019s last two albums without the Spin Doctors were \u201cPancho and the Kid\u201d in 2006 and \u201cSongs from the Summer Sangria\u201d in 2010 as Chris Barron and the Time Bandits.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been cool to play this record for a year \u2013 learning different, deeper meanings to the songs,\u201d said Barron. \u201cYou play them and get an idea of the audiences\u2019 fingerprints on the songs. I wanted to do a stripped-down thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in Princeton with a lot of songwriters. We never critiqued them for each other. You\u2019d play the tune and feel the vibe from your friends. That was how you could tell if a song was good. That\u2019s how we learned to play. Write and play for the people and see if they pay attention and respond. With an audience, you play a song and get the feeling from the audience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Barron spent a lot of time in the last year touring in support of his solo album \u2013 onstage with just his guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the first time I made a concerted effort to do a bunch of solo acoustic shows,\u201d said Barron. \u201cIt\u2019s been everything I wanted it to be. I\u2019ve always been a guitar enthusiast. I\u2019m always playing guitar regularly. I still take lessons \u2013 still study the finger-picking style. And, I take voice lessons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAngels Are One Armed Jugglers\u201d shows Barron\u2019s dedication to his craft.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt really had been a long time since I made an album,\u201d said Barron. I talked to Roman Klun, who had produced the last Spin Doctors album and he smiled. We got started on the project \u2013 and then I lost my voice for a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had paralyzed vocal chords and that affected my ability to talk and sing. I was only given a 50\/50 chance that I\u2019d ever sing again. But I recovered and got my voice back.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen, it happened a second time. Two years ago, I lost my voice again. It was strange \u2013 and extraordinarily rare. I gave singing \u2013 and music a rest \u2013 and now everything is O.K. again. Still, the whole ordeal instilled this urgency about the preciousness of time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When Barron returned from medical treatment to resume the project, he moved with all the urgency of a man sharply aware that life was short and health fragile.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it gathered pace, the album shifted shape and slipped categorization, evolving from the stripped-down solo acoustic approach that Barron had originally envisaged to the more ambitious production conceived by co-producer Klun. All they needed now was the greatest studio band on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing was to contact Shawn Pelton,\u201d said Barron. \u201cThen, I got pals of mine. The only new guy was Jesse Murphy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Having accomplished that first step really set things in motion.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Barron, \u201cShawn is an iconic in the United States as the drummer for Saturday Night Live and a renowned studio drummer as well. Then I went to see Jesse Murphy play bass with a friend. You play music for 40 years, you only need one look to know that this guy can play. I played all the songs into my iPhone and sent those guys the files.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe two of them show up with these charts they\u2019d drawn up, with all nuances of my playing, all the funky little fills. It was such a musical compliment. I can\u2019t give enough credit to the players on this record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolstered by a crack squad of first-call New York musicians, \u201cAngels and One-Armed Jugglers\u201d paints its immersive soundscapes in full Technicolor. And yet, Barron reminds us, beneath the multi-instrumental dazzle lie the kernel of songs that can be served raw with an acoustic guitar and voice alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRoman had this real vision of songs with a much larger soundscape than I had originally imagined,\u201d said Barron. \u201cLosing my voice had a huge impact. I was thinking \u2013 this could be the last record you make.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe record itself was cool because I had so much material to choose from. It\u2019s not a thematically-structured album. A person has a certain limitation trying to set out in this behavior. I didn\u2019t and I ended up with 11 songs that are all very different styles.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Chris Barron \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/I8gi1aizNwM<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Kennett Flash, which has William Rose as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Kennett Flash are Lucy Kaplansky on February 10, and <\/span>California Guitar Trio + Montreal Guitar Trio<\/a><\/span> on February 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 9, there will be another batch of music fans making a westward trek from Philly and the burbs. Metal music fans will be heading to Berks County to hear Incite play at Reverb(1402 North Ninth Street, Reading, 610-743-3069, <\/span>www.reverbconcerts.com<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Incite<\/p><\/div>\n

Incite\u00a0is a metal\u00a0band from\u00a0Phoenix, Arizona\u00a0that formed in 2004 and has made powerful music ever since. The band\u2019s current roster features Richie Cavalera (vocals), \u201cDru Tang\u201d Rome (guitar), Christopher EL (bass guitar) and Lennon Lopez (drums).<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s new album \u201cBuilt To Destroy,\u201d which was produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence) and mastered by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed), is a visceral distillation of modern metal with reverence for the past. The quartet has maintained a primal spirit of perseverance and self-determination.<\/span><\/p>\n

With certified bangers like \u201cRuthless Ways,\u201d \u201cResistance,\u201d and the album\u2019s title track, \u201cBuilt to Destroy\u201d joins an impressive and steadily growing catalog of Incite albums \u2013 \u201cOppression\u201d (2016), \u201cUp in Hell\u201d (2014), \u201cAll Out War\u201d (2012), and \u201cThe Slaughter\u201d (2009). The album was released January 25, 2019 through via Minus Head Records.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe album was originally scheduled to be released back in September,\u201d said Cavalera, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from a tour stop in Orlando, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen, it got pushed back to January. It was a matter of making sure everything was done right with the label and p.r. We\u2019re five albums in so no more of this rushed debauchery.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s all about keeping it brutal for all the metalheads. We\u2019ve got an album full of ragers. It\u2019s definitely heavy as shit with some new surprises in the guitar shredding department, and our special guest vocalists killed it. We\u2019re pumped to release this album to the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRuthless Ways\u201d — the first single from the new album \u2013 was released at the end of last summer. It gave everybody an idea of what to expect.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the most intense album we\u2019ve made,\u201d said Cavalera. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s the most rounded from beginning to end. It has its own vibe. It grooves off the heavy metal vibe we have \u2013 especially with the guitar solos.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe went balls-to-the-wall and let Dru shred it on every tune. He has a classical background having studied violin. So, with his guitar work, it\u2019s not just shredding aimlessly. It\u2019s different. It gives the fans a chance to rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something different for metal. You can really feel the bass \u2013 and the drums are ridiculous. This just comes from playing over 100 shows a year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The album\u2019s producer also played a big role in the album\u2019s sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSteve Evetts was our producer,\u201d said Cavalera. \u201cWe did it at the Omen Room Studio, which is Steve\u2019s studio in Westminster, California. We did our previous album with Steve. He\u2019s like the fifth member of the band.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wrote the album in 2017 and got into pre-production in January 2018. Then, we went out there and spent March and April recording it. It was the longest time we ever spent making an album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When Incite played Kung Fu Necktie last summer, it was their own headlining tour. This time, the band is out with Soulfly as the headliner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a shorter set on this tour,\u201d said Cavalera. \u201cSix of the nine songs we play are from \u2018Built to Destroy.\u2019 It\u2019s so kickass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Incite \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/CCoGid3u-wc<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Reverb, which also features Soulfly, Kataklysm, Sworn Enemy, Chaoseum, Era of Discord, Dark Entity, Outlast the Echo, Vision Serpent, Black Horizon, Kryptid, When Hell Ascends Tonight, Adder, Burial in the Sky, Husk, and The World Without Us, will start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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