…I want to conduct THIS ensemble, particularly in a concert of “Beethoven and Hank Williams”… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UMJ8qfw-4E]
I have to apologize for the sparser-than-usual blogging; I’ve had a busy week in Philadelphia, and the culminating concert at Curtis is tonight. I did, however, have a day off yesterday, which allowed me the great pleasure of hopping a … Continue reading →
We’re now just over two weeks away from our final Inside the Classics concerts of the season, and that means I’m spending most of my time writing, researching, revising, and mercilessly cutting down the material to fit within a reasonable … Continue reading →
Another day in my itinerant musician’s life, this time in Philly, for a week at the Curtis Institute of Music where I’m staff conductor (even though I’m here only a few weeks a year). It’s always interesting for me to … Continue reading →
Sorry for the sparse posting this week. I’ve been kept extra busy by my side job as the assistant news editor over at ArtsJournal.com while the site’s managing editor is away in Europe, and on top of that, we’re playing … Continue reading →
Remember the Dudamel Dog menu I posted a few months back? Here is the ‘dog itself, in its full glory. Check out the whole story here.
The news came over the weekend that yet another Stradivarius violin was sold at auction for over a million dollars. In this case, it was the so-called “Penny” Strad (named for the first woman to play in London’s Royal Philharmonic … Continue reading →
A number of you have been asking whether we’re ever planning to make public our plans for the Inside the Classics series beyond the current season, and at long last, we have answers! The official press announcement concerning our 2008-09 … Continue reading →
It’s not often that one Ask an Expert question leads immediately to another, but I thought one of the comments left on our last question about section leaders was worth its own post: Q: Orchestra positions are tenured?? So once … Continue reading →
Conductor Benjamin Zander was in the news recently, though not for the usual reasons (Grammy nomination, North Korean tour, etc.). Instead, Zander made the papers for giving the closing address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Though it … Continue reading →
