Abby Wasserman has published hundreds of articles in magazines and newspapers during her writing career. Posted below are concert reviews written for classicalsonoma.org; major articles for Sonoma magazine, World View magazine, and Front Porch Republic 'zine; personal essays; and features about California artists written between 1985 and 2003 for the Oakland Museum of California's magazine: Robert Bechtle, Charles Schulz, David Ireland, Noah Purifoy, Joan Brown, Garry Knox Bennett, Harry Fonseca, Frank Day, and Beatrice Wood.
(Note: Publication year is shown in the titles; the full dates below are posting dates on this website)
If one cello is good, five cellos are better!
Read moreAn all-French program features pianist David Fung and soprano Nikki Enfield
Read moreNew works, a jazz-classical mélange, and Mendelssohn's first symphony
Read moreEveryone's a star in American Bach Soloists!
Read moreA candid interview with the late, great artist in 1995.
Read morePaul Smith conducts a festive Christmas concert at College of Marin
Read moreRaymond Saunders Paintings Dazzle at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Read moreMarin County's orchestra and violinist Simone Porter deliver a thrilling program
Read moreChamber Music Marin celebrates the start of its 50th season with soaring strings and duo harpsichordists
Read moreYunchan Lim's San Jose recital reveals the breadth of his musical mastery.
Read moreContemporary Opera Marin delivers delight
Read moreJoyce Yang's sensitive and powerful performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto illuminated a concert's second half, following the bold contrasts characterizing the first.
Read moreMusic by Piazzolla and others quickens the pulse (click photo to see entire image)
Read moreA pandemic-postponed conert wows its capacity audience
Read moreDynamic Trios in Mill Valley Concert (click to see entire photo)
Read moreA return to the author's Peace Corps site after 45 years
Read moreEight months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of music lovers were treated to a rare live performance.
Read moreIn 1934, Ann Rice O'Hanlon painted a fresco mural at the University of Kentucky. Today, it is a source of controversy.
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