Category: Music
Community Spotlight: Katherine Alexandra
From Russia, with love … for music Q: You are the music director at St. Michael the Archangel on Siesta Key. Tell us about your personal background and also your musical background. A: I am originally from Russia (born and raised). I graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music summa cum laude with a master’s […]
Arts on the Horizon: July
By Rodger Skidmore Sounds of summer That’s a good question — what are the sounds of summer? It used to be, up north or in the Midwest, crickets. This year, while many would say cicadas, others might just say millions of sighs of relief. Since individual sighs are kind of short and summer, especially in […]
Community Spotlight: Marguerite Barnett
Still drumming up a Siesta Beach sensation A: It was originally started by David Gittens, a local polymath who organized a full moon drumming ceremony in 1993 by the site of the “grandmother tree” on the south end of Siesta Key. It was attended by nearly a dozen drummers and one dancer and was led […]