Art is in the ear of the beholder

The Boston Sunday Globe by Judith Montminy Two years ago,   Brockton composer Beth Denisch saw a painting that reverberated for her the way visual experiences tendto do: as music. The haunting scene of several sheep, painted by Illinois artist Mark Forth, inspired Denisch to write a piano “miniature” based on the work. Eventually she completed

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A Winterson Tale

“Composers in Red Sneakers” present a program of new music by Howard Frazin, David Cleary, Herman Weiss and Beth Denisch – at the Longy School of music, Cambridge, Nov. 3. by Richard Johnson All the works in this Red Sneakers program were completed this year, except David Cleary’s sonata (“Ondine,” for solo piano), which dates

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