I will be playing this weekend in Memphis with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. We are playing:Huang Ruo: IRIS commissioned piece(world premiere)Barber: Dover BeachGene Scheer: Song cycle from “Voices from World War II”Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5The...
Chicago Symphony OrchestraCharles Dutoit, conductor Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center220 S. MichiganWed 3/22, 6:30 PM, Thu 3/23, 8 PM, Fri 3/24, 1:30 PM, and Sat 3/25, 8 PMMusic of Rossini, Haydn, Prokofiev312-294-3000Encore Chamber Orchestraperforms at Roosevelt...
I was recently made aware of this excellent website maintained by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Nathan Cole. His site contains stories about his life in the world of music, a journal containing his daily violin practice thoughts and reflections, and articles...
This pairing is really something that should happen more often. It would be great if he could become the next music director for the Chicago Symphony, but he is still, I am sure, under contract with the San Francisco Symphony for a while.Metromix. Tilson Thomas, CSO...
Scott Bakshis of the Chicago Youth Symphony recently compiled a list of what the requirements for all the top bass schools are. This is a meta list derived from the requirements of Indiana University, Boston University, Rice University, Curtis, Juilliard, Eastman, and...
