On the heels of last week’s ItC concerts that featured music of Claude Debussy, we got this excellent Ask An Expert question from Pat O’Regan… Q: When I leave the concert, almost invariably… I am born away by the music. … Continue reading →
A question posed in the “Ask an Expert” feature on our site. Bethany Holt wonders: “How does the orchestra conductor keep the tempo? Perhaps its because I’m used to high school band, but I see no downbeat–just a lot of … Continue reading →
Roger Connolly sent in a question that I was somewhat surprised to realize I might know the answer to: Q: Was there a popular song based on Tchaikovskys 5th Symphony, 2nd movement, other than Moon Love by Glenn Miller? I … Continue reading →
Let’s start off the week with an Ask the Expert question I hear a lot. In this case, it came from TJ… Q: I’m currently 27 years old and I have been playing guitar since I was 9 (well… intermittently). … Continue reading →
Two timely questions dropped into our inbox this weekend. One has an easy answer, and the other is more complicated. To start with the easy one, Jean wants to know… Q: When will we hear who is going to be … Continue reading →
It’s been two months since we last did an Ask the Expert post, and season ticket holder Judy Kinsey has a question that I’m actually surprised hasn’t come up on the blog before now: Q: I noticed, but didn’t really … Continue reading →
We always seem to get good new Ask An Expert questions right after we perform a set of Inside the Classics shows, and this month is no exception. Mark Mironer starts us off with a classic “If A>B, and X>Y, … Continue reading →
Regular commenter Emily Kroeck asked a good question about Sarah’s last post, so I thought we might as well make it a tour edition of Ask An Expert. Emily asks: Q: How is instrument temperature and humidity controlled on tours … Continue reading →
To pick up where we left off on Wednesday, Mike had asked a series of excellent questions about the various roles that money plays in the orchestra business. We answered two of them to do with musician pay in that … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since we answered an Ask The Expert question around these parts (remember, if you have a question about anything music or orchestra-related, you can click the Ask An Expert button to submit it, and we’ll do … Continue reading →
