Musician’s Etiquette
Matthew Wengerd brought this post to my attention recently. It is from oboeinsight, a great music blog. Oboeinsinght is definitely worth checking out, even if you don’t play a double reed instrument. The writing is insightful and educational and covers a wide variety of musical topics:
All-The-Time Etiquette
Rehearsals and performances should [...]
New Hall for the Nashville Symphony
The Nashville Symphony is set to open its new $120 million Schermerhorn Symphony Center this fall. This orchestra has really turned itself around in the past several years–it is now one of the fastest growing orchestras in the United States.
Here is a quite from a recent Polyphonic.org story:
Did you hear? The’?re building a [...]
Hurricane Katrina and the Louisiana Philharmonic
Today (August 29) is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and it is valuable to take time and reflect on the state of New Orleans one year later. Visit the Hurricane Katrina Pictures blog for more information on the state of affairs one year later. The Louisiana Philharmonic, which was not in [...]
Charles Barr memorial
Cleveland Orchestra bassist Charles Barr was struck and killed by a truck this past Friday. He was riding home from work on his bicycle. Charles and I were the same age, and we had worked together when I subbed in the New World Symphony. Before becoming a member of the Cleveland Orchestra [...]
Wing Park with the Elgin Symphony
Yesterday I played the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s annual free outdoor Wing Park concert. This concert is always a lot of fun. Wing Park is a 121 acre park complete with a golf course and music shell. It is a very old park (well over 100 years old) set on the northwest side [...]
Chicago Reading Orchestra - Reader article
Michael Goode of the Chicago Reading Orchestra was recently interviewed this week in the Chicago Reader by Deanna Isaacs. The article caught my attention because it was referring to a piece written by composer Bjorn Berkhout. Bjorn was my roommate in college at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has taught at Loyola [...]
Chicagoclassicalmusic.org
I don’t know if readers of my blog have been checking out the excellent website chicagoclassicalmusic.org recently, but if not they really should (especially Chicagoans). There are really great articles, chats, links, and concert information. This blog features multiple authors from many different musical organizations in Chicago. Some recent articles include:
Wynne [...]
