Missouri Chamber Music Festival - love, intrigue, death, & diversion
Nina Ferrigno, co-founder and Executive Director of the Missouri Chamber Music Festival (MOCM) and Pianist discusses the upcoming 13th season. MOCM annually brings in nationally recognized artists to perform a series of chamber music concerts. MOCM's mission is to bring the fine art of small ensemble playing to a broad audience through dynamic and accessible performances of the highest quality.
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CONCERT I – Murder Ballades: a dive into life and death! Monday, June 12: 7-8:45pm First Congregational Church of Webster Groves
CONCERT II – MOCM Morning: music for strings by Grieg and Dvořák —each writing these exuberant works in a time of great joy. Wednesday, June 14: 10:30am – 12:00pm First Congregational Church of Webster Groves
CONCERT III – Korngold: features Italian mezzo soprano Benedetta Orsi & music of Korngold and Mahler. Thursday, June 15: 7:00 – 9:00pm First Congregational Church of Webster Groves
CONCERT IV - Intrigue: final concert of MOCM intrigues with illusions of antiquity. Saturday, June 17: 8:00 – 10:00pm CDT The CMS Concert Hall of Webster University
[00:15] Introduction
[00:48] Return to Civility
[01:53] Interview with Nina Ferrigno
[22:32] Dred Scott Stamp Initiative
[23:34] St. Louis In Tune Information
[25:12] Where has all the debate gone? Long time passing.
https://www.thefp.com/p/judges-ruin-high-school-debate-tournaments
https://www.edutopia.org/article/debate-deliberation-classroom/
[44:28] Humor
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Nina Ferrigno
Pianist / MOCM Founder / Executive Director / Calyx Piano Trio
Nina Ferrigno, described by the St. Louis Post Dispatch as "a magnificent pianist," is a collaborative artist at home in a multitude of diverse musical settings. Her playing is said to be, “...always precise with superb accentuation and warmth of feeling...”. Nina is a founding member of the Boston-based Calyx Piano Trio and has appeared in major concert venues throughout North America. She has appeared as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Her collaborative large ensemble appearances include those as principal keyboardist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP).
Ms. Ferrigno is a graduate of New England Conservatory of Music, where she received degrees with distinction in performance as a student of Wha Kyung Byun. Nina is committed to bringing classical music to new audiences and expanding the repertoire through commissioning, and working with living composers to perform new works in a variety of settings. Her discography includes chamber music of Lansing McLoskey on Albany Records, Bernard Rands “Canti Triology” on Arsis Audio and a recent release on Bridge Records of “This is Not a Story” by Christopher Stark which garnered “...special mention to pianist Nina Ferrigno who can jazz it up or summon a pianissimo of the quietist order” [JWR]. Her 2010 recording of Elliott Schwartz’s Chamber Concerto III: Another View for the BMOP Sound label was describ… Read More
