MUSIC MATTERS is a dynamic and down-to-earth concert series that takes a new look at mostly old music. Soprano Rebecca Plack and pianist Blaise Bryski, both of whom hold doctorates from Cornell University, are consummate performers whose warm and engaging manner delights audiences. Their eclectic programs, which pair such seemingly disparate composers as Bellini and Berberian, are punctuated by lively commentary. Together, Plack and Bryski offer audiences an insider's view of how performers translate muscial scores into live music in repertoire from five centuries

MUSIC MATTERS offers the following programs for performance in your community or school:
 
“Classical Improv”
Transcending the score in Caccini, Caldara, Handel, Bellini, Donizetti, Barber, Berberian, Cage and Schubert
 
“Starting Over”
Reinventing poems and musical language in songs of Robert Burns, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Wolf, Copland and Ives
 
“Setting the Scene”
Exploring music as drama and mood in Haydn,
Mozart, Schubert, Copland, Musorgsky and Larsen