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The Lyric Opera of Chicago musicians have just reached a new three year agreement. According to the most recent issue of the Intermezzo from the Chicago Federation of Musicians, the agreement will provide significant wage, benefit, and working condition improvements during the length of this contract. This is great news for [...]

My schedule for this past week:
Sunday, October 8, 2006
10 a.m. lesson in Evanston1:00 p.m. lesson in Evanston2:00-3:00 p.m. drive from Evanston to Elgin3:30 p.m. Elgin Symphony Concert5:30-7:30 p.m. drive to Whitewater, Wisconsin7:30-11:30 p.m. teach at UW-Whitewater11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. drive home to Chicago
Monday, October 9, 2006
10 a.m. lesson in Evanston11 a.m. lesson in Evanston11:30 a.m.-12:45 [...]

The Elgin Symphony (of which I am a member) is opening their season this week at the Hemmens Theatre in downtown Elgin. This is my seventh season as a member of the Elgin Symphony, and it has really been amazing to watch this ensemble grow over the years, both in terms of quality of [...]

Right now I am in Omaha, Nebraska at my great friend Aaron Burman’s wedding. Aaron is one of my best friends from Sioux Falls, South Dakota (where I grew up). It is hot, windy, and muggy here in Omaha, and we are just about to head out to the service.
Omaha is a town of about [...]

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 $120 [...]

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 [...]

I am playing “The Student Prince” for the Music by the Lake festival in Williams Bay, Wisconsin this week. Williams Bay is on the shores of Lake Geneva and is a really beautiful setting for a concert. The concerts take place at Aurora University, which is an extremely attractive campus set on the [...]

Chicago Classical Music is a new blog with a really interesting structure. It focuses on classical music news and events for the Chicagoland area, and several bloggers regularly contribute content. Groups covered include the Ravinia Festival, Music of the Baroque, Elgin Symphony, and many other ensembles. This is a great resource for [...]

Elgin Symphony OrchestraStephen Squires, conductorCarrie Koffman, saxophonemusic of John Williams
Fri 4/21, 8 PMPrairie Center for the Arts201 Schaumburg Ct.Schaumburg, ILSat 4/22, 8 PM, and Sun 4/23, 3:30 PMHemmens Theater150 DexterElgin, IL(847)888-4000

Saint Paul Chamber OrchestraRoberto Abbado conducts an all-Mozart programSun 4/23 - 3 PMMandel Hall - University of Chicago1131 E. 57th(773)702-8068

Chicago Symphony OrchestraSymphony Center, 220 S. [...]

Here’s a review from the Daily Herald of this weekend’s Elgin Symphony series.
Daily Herald