Archive for the 'orchestra news' Category
Classical Music’s New Golden Age
Yazan: Jason | 03 August 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Double bassist Ausberto Acavedo sent me a link to the following story, which echoes many topics I’ve discussed in my Road Warrior blog series and book: Anyone inclined to lament the state of classical music today should read Hector Berlioz’s Memoires. As the maverick French composer tours mid-nineteenth-century Europe conducting his revolutionary works, he encounters [...]
AFM Poll Results by Drew McManus
Yazan: Jason | 14 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Interesting reading this week (as always) from Drew McManus on his blog Adaptistration. Drew polled readers to see public opinion on whether musicians are best served by remaining with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) or should search out other representation options. The results can be seen by following the link below: AFM Poll Results [...]
Kirby Nunez – Why I’m leaving the symphony
Yazan: Jason | 04 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, orchestra news
Here’s a heartbreaking and all-too-familiar personal narrative from Kirby Nunez, the (now former) principal bass of the Honolulu Symphony on why he is leaving the orchestra: The Honolulu Symphony is being dismantled, and I don’t think the public is aware of the magnitude of this loss. Musicians are leaving. I’m one of them. I’ll leave [...]
Thinking outside the box for community outreach
Yazan: Jason | 07 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
I happened upon this recent New York Times article while perusing Joe Pisano’s always excellent music education & technology blog MusTech.net. It’s about imaginative ways in which orchestras and opera companies are engaging young people and organizations in the community. Good food for thought. L.A. Opera, other music companies play to youth – latimes.com http://bit.ly/7T00lQ
Mad Men and reminiscences of an earlier era
Yazan: Jason | 06 November 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: orchestra news
Ahhh, Mad Men. My brother got me into the show over the summer of 2009. I don’t watch anything on actual live television (I don’t even remember how to switch our entertainment center over to live TV!), generally waiting until a season of a show has completed and then purchasing it on iTunes for enjoyment [...]
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