Check out this broadcast at wgbh.org/classical: Live Opera is in the Air and on the Web as WGBH 89.7 FM Presents an Exclusive Live Broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s FidelioOn Sunday, March 25 at 2pm, WGBH 89.7 FM celebrates Boston’s rich...
Robert Orth, one of my favorite baritones, is performing in Carmina Burana with the Elgin Symphony this weekend. You can find out more information about the performances at the Elgin Symphony website.The orchestra plays this classic concert warhorse quite well, but...
The 2007 Whitewater Winter Bassfest, an event that I started five years ago at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, just happened a couple of weekends ago. Scott Kreger, the new double bass instructor at UWW and a member of the Milwaukee Symphony, was teaching...
On An Overgrown Path recently highlighted a Milwaukee Journal article by music writer Tom Strini. Tom makes some interesting points in this article on the target demographic of classical music and the lack of cultural centrality of this music. Here is an excerpt from...
At the urging of double bassist John Grillo, I recently took the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. If you haven’t ever taken this test, check it out here–it is quick, and the results are interesting. You can read more about the test at this Wikipedia page.I...
