The IRIS Chamber Orchestra does not operate like a typical symphony orchestra. It reminds me much more of a summer festival atmosphere (like Aspen or another such festival). We perform approximately one concert a month during the regular season (September through...
I am down in Memphis, Tennessee right now preparing for a concert tomorrow night with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. I have been a member of this fantastic ensemble since its inception seven seasons ago, and I am having a great time preparing for the first concert of...
Polyphonic.org has an informative new post from Eric Beers, contract administrator for the Symphonic Services Division of the American Federation of Musicians. Flying with the bass (or any musical instrument) has grown increasingly more difficult with each year after...
Here are a few final shots of the Music by the Lake concert series that I did this past wekend. I will be up in Williams Bay, WI again in two weeks to play with the Three Irish Tenors.Here you can see the extreme slope of this campus. The golf carts were for taking...
Check out this audio piece from NPR at the link below. It is with Michael Stern, the music director for the IRIS Chamber Orchestra (of which I am a member). The piece that Michael is conducting was played at IRIS two seasons ago, and it is really an incredible piece....
