VIVO Music Festival celebrates America’s 250th with immigrant voices
VIVO doesn’t typically follow a theme, but the nation’s anniversary inspired the concert series’ creators to switch it up.
VIVO Music Festival opened its 12th season with a concert series for America’s 250th anniversary, built around immigrant voices.
VIVO doesn’t usually follow a theme. The Columbus Dispatch previewed the series, and why its creators switched things up this year.
Jack and I play our small part in spreading the joy of chamber music to modern audiences within our locale while utilizing VIVO as a playground for experimentation in programming and establishing a healthy ethos for both artists and audiences.
Siwoo Kim and John Stulz, childhood friends from Columbus, founded VIVO in 2015, after a concert for the local food pantry where someone left a note in the donation box: “I wish this happened every year.” Every rehearsal takes place at an assisted living community, open to the residents.
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