Articles & Reviews

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)

The Viano Quartet Bursts into Flight

The Viano Quartet, composed of American and Canadian musicians, formed nine years ago. They brought youth, beauty and deep expressiveness to their concert at Chamber Music Marin.

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Clouds and Passion

Joyce 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.

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