Here’s your chance to let us know what you thought of Wednesday night’s Inside the Classics concert! We had a nearly full house, which was great to see, and as always, you guys are a fantastically responsive audience! So chime … Continue reading →
Well, our final set of “Inside the Classics” concerts start tomorrow evening, and Sam and I are obsessively putting the final touches on the script, timing out sections, rehearsing a complicated mixed-meter schtick and generally getting ready for what promises … Continue reading →
Whenever I have occasion to visit a school and take questions about what I do from the kids, it’s never long before the question, “How much money do you make?” comes up. It’s as predictable as adults asking why we … Continue reading →
Big news out of Germany this week, where the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic (widely considered the world’s best orchestra) are reportedly considering a vote to oust their music director, Simon Rattle. Rattle arrived in Berlin amid much fanfare in … Continue reading →
A fashion spread on Esquire.com features, refreshingly, handsomely be-tuxed classical musicians, from Joshua Bell to members of the New York Philharmonic.
Some musical works that we think of as masterpieces today were given a decidedly rocky reception on their first performance. (As we demonstrated in dramatic fashion at our January Inside the Classics concerts, Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto was one such piece.) … Continue reading →
As Sam is furiously reworking the script for next week’s “Inside the Classics” concerts, I’ve been busying myself with revisiting “Appalachian Spring”. Conductors end up performing much of the standard repertoire dozens of times in their careers, and I, even … Continue reading →
The music world is full of behind-the-scenes figures without whom none of us on stage would have a prayer of making a living at what we do. These devoted music fans contribute the money that keeps us going, and some … Continue reading →
A blog post by Matthew Guerrieri today (4/18) reminded me of a conversation I had recently regarding musicians and meds, specifically Inderal, the beta blocker most often used for performance anxiety. It’s safe to say that performance anxiety is an … Continue reading →
As I mentioned in a previous post, finding enough material to fill the first halves of our Inside the Classics concerts is never a problem – the challenge comes in deciding what will have to be left out due to … Continue reading →
