Well, it’s been a long week on the road, the orchestra is just now settling back into our homes in the Cities after our Common Chords residency up north in Grand Rapids (Sarah wrote about it earlier in the week,) … Continue reading →
Many thanks to all of you who attended our (standing-room only!) Inside the Classics concerts this weekend; it’s amazingly energizing to see the Hall filled, and with such an enthusiastic audience, to boot! We’re also grateful for your generosity; we … Continue reading →
So, about an hour ago, I just happened to click over to the Minnesota Orchestra’s online box office to see whether I could score a last-minute seat or two for this Friday’s ItC show for some friends. I’d heard sales … Continue reading →
New data out from a recent NEA study has been making the papers lately, and the findings are illuminating, if not occasionally surprising. Of the 1.5 million Americans who attend an arts performance on any given day, less that 7 … Continue reading →
On Monday I had the privilege of judging on a panel for Minnesota Varsity, a showcase for high school musicians – winners will be featured on April 17 at 2 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Theater. Naysayers may claim that classical … Continue reading →
We’ve all been there. The symphony is drawing to a glorious close, the musicians in perfect sync, the audience suspended in that blissful state of common engagement that the best performances can sometimes achieve, the conductor holding the entire room … Continue reading →
It’s been hard to find things to write about in this space lately, mainly because so much of the news coming out of the orchestra business (and, let’s face it, nearly every other business) has been downright dismal, thanks to … Continue reading →
Obsessing over food and where it comes from seems to have become this era’s answer to previous nationwide fads like blogging in the early ’00s, Bill Clinton’s sex life in the ’90s, and chasing the almighty dollar in the ’80s. … Continue reading →
An interesting blurb on categories of internet social networking users (although, I mean, come on, couldn’t they have come up with something a bit catchier than “meformer”?). Basically, social networkers break down into 2 categories – people posting about their … Continue reading →
With the start of a new season, all of us in the orchestra are reacquainting ourselves with everything from the repertoire we’re playing to the sometimes curious conceits of the concert hall. (It’s amazing to me how unfamiliar some of … Continue reading →
