Just wrapped up a great interview with Lynn Seaton

I just finished up an interview with University of North Texas jazz bass professor Lynn Seaton today.  Lynn has been a commanding presence on the jazz scene for several decades, performing with a wide variety of jazz luminaries, and he currently teaches at one of...

Orchestra Segmentation Survey with John Grillo

Double bassist and blogger John Grillo recently weighed in on his blog classicalmusicnews.tv about a study (commissioned by the Knight Foundation) published several years ago analyzing how Americans relate to their local orchestras and classical music in...

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-16

Home from a long but fun day of teaching. Taking care of a little blog business as the cats stare at me. # Killing time while waiting for expensive (but necessary) car repairs to get done. # Doing some blogging and podcasting on a brisk Tuesday morning. # Getting...

links for 2008-01-17

Abu Bratsche: New Year, new boss Robert Levine on MSO’s Edo de Waart appointment: “Most members of the orchestra regard this as very good news, I think. He’s arguably the best-known conductor we’ve ever had as music director (certainly the one with the...