Progress has been made!! As you can see, all the cement board is now up and the seams are sealed. Musically, today, we switched to my iPod, which yielded, around hour 2:37 (during cement board measuring): Day 2: Minoru Miki, … Continue reading →
I’m always curious to see how classical music is referenced in popular culture, particularly movies – Sam and I have both written a couple of posts on the topic. So imagine my delight last night when I caught a screening … Continue reading →
We’re inordinately proud at the announcement this past Monday of a BMI foundation “Outstanding Musical Citizen Award” that went to our very own Beth Cowart and Aaron Kernis for their work as co-directors of the Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute. The … Continue reading →
It’s snowing heavily in Minneapolis today, which ought to be illegal, because as every baseball fan knows, today is Opening Day. It could be worse, I suppose – our local team still plays in a dome (which will mercifully change … Continue reading →
There was a funny moment at this morning’s rehearsal. Osmo thanked us for our work in the Thursday performance (as he always does at the first rehearsal after a concert,) then grinned and noted that, “I have read in today’s … Continue reading →
I’ve tried to avoid using this space to flog the Minnesota Orchestra’s weekly concerts (other than the ones in our Inside the Classics series, of course,) because Sarah and I are very conscious of the potential for an “official” orchestra … Continue reading →
Having been excused from Friday night’s holiday pops show because (get this) there wasn’t enough room on the stage for five stands of violas, I took advantage of the evening off to go to a movie I’ve been waiting to … Continue reading →
Composer Zhou Tian is in town – the Orchestra had commissioned him to write a piece for the Young Peoples Concerts we’re doing this week – and we had a chance to sit and do coffee after a busy couple … Continue reading →
