Composer Gregory Brown is a longtime friend of PARMA and has had multiple albums released on the Navona Records label, including MOONSTRUNG AIR and most recently MISSA CHARLES DARWIN. The latter both provided inspiration for and was included in the bestselling novel Origin by his brother, author Dan Brown. Greg’s works have been performed worldwide,... Continue Reading →
John A. Carollo was born in Torino Italy and brought to the United States by his adoptive parents. When he was in grade school, he studied classical piano and sang in the church choir. He attended college in San Diego CA, studying music and psychology. During this time, John took piano lessons and began composing... Continue Reading →
The perfect evening needs the perfect music. This Valentine’s Day, PARMA handpicked pieces from our catalog that offer the perfect ambience for a candlelight dinner. From the delicate voice of harp balanced by cello to the performances of memorable repertoire by Schumann, Chopin, and other Romantic greats, Classical Valentine’s Dinner offers equal parts class and... Continue Reading →
Lauded by the Boston Classical Review for his “expressive energy and ringing high notes,” deemed “sweet and appealing” by The Boston Globe, and complimented for his “clear and even tone” by New York Arts, Eric Christopher Perry is gaining an international reputation for his "indefatigable" energy and his imaginative chamber music performances as a conductor,... Continue Reading →
Composer Garth Baxter is noted for his modern traditionalist style of writing. This style combines the traditions of form and clear melodic writing with the use of contemporary approaches to harmonies and other elements. He is recognized as one of the preeminent composers of art songs and has been described as an unabashed lyrical tonal... Continue Reading →
Clarinetist Paul Green began his musical studies at an early age, and by age 12 he was already studying with the noted clarinet pedagogue Leon Russianoff. A year later, he was recommended to Leonard Bernstein and performed and recorded Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals in a Young People’s Concert with the New York Philharmonic. He... Continue Reading →
While one could argue that the New Year is simply an arbitrary date, for some it does offer an opportunity to lift one’s head out of the currents of everyday activity and recalibrate. With the start of a new year and a new decade for the company, PARMA is taking some time to look back... Continue Reading →
Each month, PARMA has the great pleasure of not only releasing powerful works by our artists, but also seeing the positive impact that these works have on listeners. Read on to hear a selection of what the press had to say this month about releases from Navona and Ravello Records. "The sonata-form opening movement, meditative... Continue Reading →
PARMA recently had the opportunity to catch up with one of the artists in our Winter 2019 Call for Scores: Cuban-American cellist Thomas Mesa. Tommy is a world-renowned performer and educator, having appeared in concert for places from Carnegie Hall to the Supreme Court of the United States, and his playing has been described as... Continue Reading →
