Introducing a SEXTET of STRINGS
intent on inflicting some SERIOUS fun...

features 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and bass
plus an occasional woodwind solo or percussion
putting a fresh, hot spin on deep classical.

You may soon discover the liveliest classical in churches and nightclubs around the country.
Along with hot classical covers and swinging Negro spirituals to sassy jazz covers,
you get the rich and personal adventures of Kresge Fellow Rick Robinson (Mr. CutTime).
Simfonica was begun by symphony orchestra pros pioneering New Classical,
showing America why classical music is REAL music for REAL people!

Read the first critical review by CVNC.
See them on YouTube and iTunes!

Kim Kennedy, Rick Robinson, Geoff Applegate, Jim VanValkenburg, Robert deMaine, Caroline Coade

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Simfonica is a celebration of Detroit's diverse music by its newest classical composer.
CutTime shows curious music lovers why symphony music still matters.
Don't miss another chance to be SURPRISED!

According to CVNC's Jeffrey Rossman, "Mr. Robinson is a modern-day Dvorak... [whose] compositional skills are quite exceptional. His erudite and passionate verbal remarks were as moving as the beautifully crafted and emotional music."

CutTime has gone national.
See the 2011 Detroit Free Press article.
Listen to Rick Robinson's NPR 2011 interview with Guy Raz.
Meanwhile download the CutTime Brochure. Read the updated Mission.
  Here's a description of Robinson's compositions and here's a bio.

Photo: Michelle Andonian

 

Simfonica covers classics from consorts to jazz:

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (1st mvmt.), Rondo alla Turca
Beethoven: Beethoven's 5th (1st mvmt.), & Fur Elise
Beethoven: Pathetique Piano Sonata (1st mvmt.)
Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Rachmaninoff: Prelude VI, Op. 23, No. 5 (Fandango)
Chabrier: Espana Rhapsody
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings
Joplin: various rags
Miles Davis: So What, Blue In Green
Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons
Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
David Robinson: Sweet Chariot Jubilee
Albinoni: Adagio

Rick Robinson's original works for Simfonica are:

String Sextet in A-major (Mighty Love) (2007)
Introduction
Encounters
Fun & Games: Pastorale
Serenade
Celebrations

Gitcha Groove On! album (2009)
Idyll for Solo English Horn and String Quintet
Gigue Rondo for Solo Oboe and String Quintet
Gitcha Groove On!
Pork 'n Beans
Elegy
Highland Park, MI: City of Trees

First Grief (2011)

Read descriptions about these works here.

To host a CutTime concert in your community,
call CutTime anytime at 313-680-8104!