Category Archives: visual impact

Forest for the Trees

Posted on
Jul 8 2008
 by Sam Bergman

As a general rule, musicians tend to be suspicious of marketers, agents, and other PR types. It’s not that we think we can do without their services, of course, but we’re taught from the first time we pick up an … Continue reading →

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Torn from the tabloids (or Scientific American)

Posted on
Jun 13 2008
 by Sarah

A recent slew of opera announcements has caught my attention, not least for the fact that each of these projected productions is based on contemporary, topical and perhaps controversial subject matter. First up, the seemingly silly, an opera based on … Continue reading →

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Classical pinups?

Posted on
Apr 25 2008
 by Sarah

A fashion spread on Esquire.com features, refreshingly, handsomely be-tuxed classical musicians, from Joshua Bell to members of the New York Philharmonic.

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Seeing is believing

Posted on
Oct 25 2007
 by Sarah

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 →

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