Ink drawing of main cellist at a concert rehearsal. to see more drawings from that set, please visit my regular blog If you like music and are interested in reading reviews of live shows and seeing art done on the spot at shows, please consider following my blog musikati.blogspot.com or follow me on twitter @musikati
View post →Thanks to Kati Nawrocki for inviting my wife Despina and I to a recent performance of the New York Repertory Orchestra. The concert was held at the Church of St. Mary The Virgin in New York City. Overall it was a beautiful experience. For more about the orchestra, click here. ©Greg Betza 2010
View post →Here is a drawing from a watercolor set I did at a very special Halloween show in Brooklyn last sunday. It featured a performance by German superstar- pop-band Sportfreunde Stiller. You can see more art from that evening and read a full review on my blog
View post →ding,dong … goes the door…next stop…42nd Street                           The train begins to crawl, a microcosm of New York life journeys on silently, patiently      intent on […]
View post →…is a rock band. I went to two concerts in Central Park last week. The first was a washout! It rained and we all got soaked. And there was some serious lightning. But we had fun and the band played on. So, I went back on Friday to enjoy the show–sans shower. Here is one […]
View post →This is a drawing of some ladies listening to traditional Irish love songs. Their love for the music was obvious and as a music lover myself I was touched by that, though I could not help but indulge a little in their odd shapes.
View post →This is a straight pen-and-ink drawing I made at a folk music festival this past June. I love drawing, and sometimes it is so fun just to draw for no reason except out of love 🙂
View post →This is one of my favorite drawings I’ve made this year. Its of a lonely New England musician sitting by himself under a tree playing the recorder and dreaming of adventure. I am intrigued by the idea of adventurers dreaming of home, and those at home dreaming of adventure, and have made a number of […]
View post →..I once read that Pythagoras is credited with having discovered the physical relationship between mass and sound, (otherwise known as music), and that this relationship (expressible as ratios) is essentially what led to Galileo’s revolutionary discoveries in physics. One might say this same physical relationship occurs in a drawing – more of this and less of […]
View post →Another commuter immersed in his own world of music, enjoying the view of cars, trees and buildings as the bus moves on to the next stop. Margaret
View post →Ok maybe you haven’t heard of them, but Leatherface is a British punk band that’s been around since 1988. I’ve been a fan since the early nineties and just had the chance to see them last month at the knitting factory in Brooklyn. Though they are quite obscure, the place was sold out and the […]
View post →On Saturday night I was fortunate enough to be invited to the incredible Jazz and Art II concert by The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The show featured works by artists including Bearden, Davis, Sam Gilliam, Homer, Wifredo Lam, Mondrian, Matisse, Picasso and others projected behind the orchestra as they played jazz […]
View post →Another drawing from the NYRO rehearsals. The woodwind players do not like to be drawn (as opposed to the violins and celli, who practically do backflips when they feel the artist’s attention). I caught this guy hiding behind a column, which is funny, because he kind of looks like a column. I got him to […]
View post →In the spirit of this blog I wanted to share some drawings I did just out of sheer joy. I didn’t have fancy pens or nice paper on me, so I the used the ballpoint pen and soggy notepad I thankfully found in my purse. Below are two drawings I did at the Prince concert […]
View post →My Holiday card. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. -Despina
View post →“Our hope are our children. Giving our children better choices will give them a better chance to be the people they ought to be tomorrow.” “The Game of Life” by Eddie Peña
View post →A few years ago I was lucky enough to attend a performance by the great blues singer, Dr. John, at a small venue in the East 60’s in Manhattan. There he was in all his purple velvet glory, belting them out in a little chic enclave with tapestry wallpaper and crystal chandeliers. I loved the […]
View post →One of the wonderful things about living in NYC is that opportunities come up to attend musical and cultural events. This is from a concert I had the good fortune to hear at Carnegie Hall. I love drawing musicians and performers; they get lost in the moment and the music and are so totally engrossed…the […]
View post →In honor of the last day of summer, I decided to post a drawing from Labor Day weekend, which I spent in Pennsylvania visiting the Brandywine museum (heavenly!) and the Chaddsford Winery nearby. The winery was hosting a jazz festival wine tasting event. I have to say, I was here two years ago and the wines […]
View post →These are the Dirty Urchins! Â They were playing in Central Park on a beautiful afternoon last week at the Bethesda Fountain. Â The sax player is the spokesman and the comedian of the group. Â Very funny material! Â As I’m writing this I’m listening to their CD. Â A couple of the songs I like are, “Don’t Let […]
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