DECEMBER 22, 2018 Eclectic Adventures with AMOC by CJ Ru What better antidote to December doldrums or holiday hustle than to let one’s spirit run amok with AMOC — the American Modern Opera Company — through an afternoon of ambitiously eclectic adventures? Last weekend the interdisciplinary collective helmed by artistic directors Matthew Aucoin and Zack Winokur presented a quartet of hour-long programs with modern dance, theatric lighting, and music ranging from Bach to presen

THAT DECISIVE MOMENT Favorite Christmas Sounds: The Week in Classical Music Last weekend was the second annual Run AMOC! Festival at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., a celebration of the American Modern Opera Company, a troupe of young and preternaturally talented musicians and dancers dedicated to collaboration and experimentation, led by artistic directors Matthew Aucoin and Zack Winokur. The three intimate concerts I heard on Saturday were blindingly imp

Handel and Haydn Society Adds Three New Principal Musicians to Orchestra December 18, 2018 New Principal Flute, Bass, and Timpani Players to Help Define H+H Sound for Years to Come [Boston, MA – December 17, 2018] The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the addition of three new principal musicians to its Orchestra. Emi Ferguson joins the orchestra in the principal flute position, Heather Miller Lardin joins in the principal bass role, and Jonathan Hess joins as the princi

Read the full article here. Listening to her 2017 album, “Amour Cruel,” which sounds like what would happen if Lana del Rey ended up at Louis XIV’s court, it’s easy to hear why flutist Emi Ferguson, 31, is so enthused about her involvement with the daring, deliberate arts collective American Modern Opera Company. “There’s this infusion of energy that goes across discipline, b etween the dancers and the musicians. Everyone’s teaching each other,” she says via phone from New Yo