Catch the Trend: Kenji Bunch, Marin Symphony

If you’ve been avoiding “modern” music like the plague, you may not realize that fashion has brought new music back into audience-pleasing land. One of the more attractive young exponents of this trend is Kenji Bunch, the Oregon-born, multistylistic composer whose Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra brings back the glory days of melody. You can hear much of his music on his Web site before deciding to go hear his new piano concerto played by Monica Ohuchi, along with the Mahler First Symphony, but I think you’ll like what he has to offer, and will invite younger friends and relatives to join you. The Symphony offers special $10 youth pricing for Sunday concerts, by the way. Bunch rocks!