David Abrams 

A special welcome to my many friends in Syracuse and throughout Central New York who have followed my classical music reviews and pre-concert talks these past two decades...

CNY Café Momus is an online music & theater review site located at blog.cnycafemomus.com.  This is a non-commercial enterprise that carries no advertising, earns no revenues and seeks no contributions: All writers perform their services gratis, and I alone bear the costs of designing and maintaining the blog and website.  Most of the critiques you'll find at the blog are written by me, with additional critiques from experienced contributing writers chosen from among the most respected figures within the CNY arts community — including The Newhouse School's David Rubin, book and CD reviewer, Kevin Moore, and local theater critic, David Feldman.

We donate our time and industry principally to help re-ignite interest in the musical arts here in Central New York — which in the face of ever-shrinking coverage in the local print media sadly continues its steady decrescendo to that of a whisper.  Our arts coverage has now expanded to include reviews of the Metropolitan Opera HD Simulcast broadcasts (and, occasionally, live productions) at The Met in NYC. 

Opera reviews at CNY Café Momus are especially popular, with hits registering from across 60 countries.  Many of our reviews are cross-posted (with photos) at Musical Criticism dot-com and may a variety of other sites, including The Opera Critic dot-com, Classissima dot-com , Opera Today dot-com and Instant Encore dot-com. 

CNY Café Momus is a place for serious discourse on the musical arts and theater, open to arts lovers everywhere, with the aim of building bridges linking the audience with the artistic experience.  It is my sincere hope that you will find these critiques, book reviews and CD reviews informative, enlightening, well-crafted and thought-provoking: something capable of igniting reader passion and generating meaningful discussion among them in a café-like setting, where all opinions are welcome and encouraged.  This is, after all, a café for people unafraid to voice their opinions and willing to share their experiences with others.  

We invite you to support this project by adding your voice in the comments section following each critique posted.   If you prefer to email me directly, please do so at dabrams1@twcny.rr.com.

DA