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...

Concert Programming, Idiot-Style

I can’t program concerts to save my life.  At least, I’m sure my students feel that way! One thing I’ve tried to do as a bass teacher, with varying degrees of success, is to have an annual recital for my students.  This is something that is...