Archive for the 'orchestra news' Category
Copenhagen Philharmonic Flash Mob
Yazan: Jason | 11 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news, videos
An orchestral flash mob–I love it!
Foreign orchestras misrepresenting themselves to audiences – NYT
Yazan: Jason | 24 May 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: orchestra news
I don’t find this NYT story surprising–sounds like a good business model for, albeit one that is pretty questionable ethically: Every year foreign orchestras with exotic or impressive-sounding names crisscross the country. They follow grueling routes and play in arts centers, small theaters and school auditoriums in places like Pembroke, N.C., and Modesto, Calif. The [...]
Gerard Schwartz TAFTO contribution
Yazan: Jason | 06 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Gerard Schwartz reminisces about an event during his long tenure witht he Seattle Symphony: I am completing my twenty-sixth, and final season as Music Director of Seattle Symphony and that has given me a chance to reflect on some events that occurred during my tenure. I would love to share with you one of my [...]
Philadelphia Orchestra’s board votes to file for bankruptcy
Yazan: Jason | 20 April 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: orchestra news
Oh dear… The Fabulous Philadelphians, the “solid gold Cadillac of orchestras,” the internationally revered ensemble built by Stokowski and Ormandy, says it is headed for bankruptcy. The board of the 111-year-old Philadelphia Orchestra voted Saturday in favor of a Chapter 11 reorganization. The claim was expected to be filed this weekend in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, [...]
DSO: Change tune or be replaced | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Yazan: Jason | 21 February 2011 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Ouch. Follow along with a blow-by-blow on this situation at Adaptistration.com: DSO: Change tune or be replaced | detnews.com | The Detroit News A very different Detroit Symphony Orchestra could emerge in the coming months unless the DSO musicians reverse themselves and agree to terms even more stringent than the offer they rejected over the [...]
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