I love this blog post from violinist (and Inside the Arts co-blogger) Holly Mulcahy. Holly’s writing is always a lot of fun and quite insightful, and this piece is no exception: How to Lose Your Audience in 10 Easy Steps An engaged, enthusiastic, and diverse...
Michael Hovnanian wrote an extremely funny story on his blog recently. Titled “High Fidelity”, it recounts a funny incident he had several year ago with a stereo salesman and another member of the Chicago Symphony: When I first joined the orchestra the...
There’s an annual Labor Day concert up at Ravinia (the Chicago Symphony’s summer home) that I often play. It’s a very patriotic affair consisting of an all-Tschaikowsky program, with artillery in the park for the 1812 Overture. You know the...
Double bassist Benjy sent me a link to this uproariously funny (to a music geek, at least) video promoting all the “familiar favorites” written by the warm and cuddly trio of composers from the second Viennese school of composition: Alban Berg, Arnold...
The greatest video of all time? If not, it’s certainly in contention for it! Note the “funky” bass solo (!) in the middle of this tour de force of moldy cheese. [via www.kraznoy.com]
