Jessica Balik is a flutist and has a PhD in historical musicology from Stanford University. Articles By This Author Review Soprano Dawn Upshaw Makes a Powerful Combination With Sō Percussion Jessica Balik - October 31, 2017 Echoes of 19th-century American music permeate works by George Crumb and Caroline Shaw. Review Black Cedar Forges a New Repertoire With Flair Jessica Balik - October 24, 2017 The flute-guitar-cello trio finds surprising new voices in old music and in newly minted commissions. Review Composers’ First Thoughts and Carneiro’s Return Grace Berkeley Symphony Opener Jessica Balik - October 9, 2017 BSO’s music director led the orchestra and cello through a program of impressive firsts. Review Maria Valdes Takes California Symphony’s “Lyrical Dreams” Into the Sublime Jessica Balik - September 26, 2017 A nostalgia-tinged program contrasted an intriguing, new American composition with Mahler’s Fourth. Review Cabrillo Festival Closes With a Bang Jessica Balik - August 15, 2017 The vibrant program showcased brilliant new compositions and outstanding musicianship. Review Running the Gauntlet of Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet Jessica Balik - July 4, 2017 The S.F. Symphony, with soloists Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Luca Pisaroni, navigated the challenging work in the orchestra’s season finale. Review Susanna Mälkki Conducts a Masterful Rite of Spring Jessica Balik - June 12, 2017 The audience jumps to its feet for S.F. Symphony’s performance of a work that once inspired a riot. Review Andy Akiho’s Lost on Chiaroscuro Street Shines Brightly at Menlo Jessica Balik - May 23, 2017 The Sitkovetsky Trio and David Shifrin deliver an emotionally complex, vibrant program. Review Giving Voice to Stockhausen’s Stimmung Jessica Balik - May 15, 2017 It’s not easy to produce a good performance of Stockhausen’s tricky, modernist masterpiece, but credit to Voices of Silicon Valley for trying. Review Berkeley Symphony Delivers a Somber But Uplifting “Babi Yar” Jessica Balik - May 8, 2017 Bass Denis Sedov and the Bay Area Men’s Chorus collaborate in Shostakovich’s masterful setting of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s Holocaust epic. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next › Next page Last » Last page