Rob Kapilowconductor, Composer, Commentator
What Makes It Great!FamilyMusik®Citypieces
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~ Rob Kapilow’s new book What Makes It Great? Short Masterpieces, Great Composers,
available September 6th, 2011. [ more ]

~ Rob Kapilow’s
All You Have to Do
Is Listen: Music from the Inside Out,

available in book stores and online. [ more ]


About Rob

Performance Dates

2012

~ October 3, 2012, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Irving Berlin

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ October 14, 2012, 8:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Chopin

with Brian Ganz, piano
Washington Performing Arts Society
Baird Auditorium at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

~ October 25, 2012, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, ON, Canada

~ October 28, 2012, 3:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Brahms’ Haydn Variations

with Judith Gordon on Brahms’ Haydn Variations for Two Pianos
Celebrity Series of Boston
NEC’s Jordan Hall

~ November 3, 2012, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins

Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA

~ November 4, 2012, 4:30 pm
FamilyMusik® - “Peter and the Wolf”

with PickleShoes Dancers
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA

~ November 5, 2012, 6:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - From Illness to Health

with St. Lawrence String Quartet
American Medical Colleges
San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA

~ November 19, 2012, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor

With the Claremont Trio
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

~ December 3, 2012, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Brahms’ Haydn Variations

with Judith Gordon, Piano
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

~ December 9, 2012, 6:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Dvořák’s American Quartet

with Curtis Institute Musicians
Washington Performing Arts Society
Baird Auditorium at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History



~ 2011-2012 Season Performances
~ 2010-2011 Season Performances



 

2013

~ January 9, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Brahms’ Haydn Variations

with Judith Gordon, piano
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ January 23, 10:30 am
Music in the Morning

I Got Rhythm: The Songs of George Gershwin
with June Goldsmith, C.M., O.B.C.
and soprano Melanie Conly
Vancouver Academy of Music

~ February 1, 8:00 pm
What Makes it Great?® - Piazzolla

with the JP Jofre New Tango Quintet
Celebrity Series of Boston
NEC’s Jordan Hall

~ February 9, 1:30 pm & 3:30 pm
FamilyMusik® - Green Eggs and Hamadeus

National Arts Centre Orchestra
Southam Hall, Ottawa, Ontario

~ February 25, 7:30 pm
What Makes it Great?® - Chopin

with Ilya Yakushev, piano
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center

~ March 10, 6:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony

with Peabody Chamber Orchestra
Washington Performing Arts Society
Baird Auditorium at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

~ March 18, 7:30 pm
What Makes it Great?® - Piazzolla

with the JP Jofre New Tango Quintet
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center

~ March 20, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

with Bella Hristova, violin, and Cal State Fullerton University Symphony Orchestra
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ March 22, 7:30 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

with Chen-Yun, violin
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Lobero Theatre

~ March 24, 4:30 pm
FamilyMusik® - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Lobero Theatre

~ April 7, 6:00 pm
What Makes It Great?® - Schumann

with Curtis Institute of Music students
Washington Performing Arts Society
Baird Auditorium at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

~ August 26, 10:00 am
Initial Lecture for the opening of the competition

Banff International String Quartet Competition
Banff Centre




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