The summer is here and what a weird summer it is! Normally I would be juggling being a harpist and music librarian for the Hot Summer Night festival, playing wedding ceremonies on Saturday afternoons, solo recital for Missouri Scholars Academy, chamber music recitals and soon enough packing our family for a visit to Slovakia. None of that is happening. Covid – 19 pandemic put a break on all big gatherings, that are essential to all aspects of my job. Our state and Boone county are slowly reopening, but that doesn’t mean that these events start happening right away.

If you are missing live music, please note that the Missouri Symphony, that annually holds Hot Summer Nights festival is doing something special. Even-though we can not bring our musicians from all over USA  to live and perform in Columbia this summer, we have a virtual festival for you! The festival is comprised from concerts over last 10 years, beautifully captured by Mediacom. The season is aptly named Greatest Hits and was curated by my husband/MOSY Artistic Director Kirk. The schedule of concert releases can be found here:

The concerts stay on MOSY Youtube Channel even past the release date, so you can watch them anytime. Here is a link directly to MOSY channel:

I hope you enjoy these concerts! The MOSY staff put a lot of effort into retaining our presence with our audiences even if it’s just in the virtual form.

Since I don’t think I will have any live concerts to report until perhaps this fall, this is my last newsletter until September. Please stay in touch with me email or social media.

Maria