Year: 2005

After reading through the articles about orchestra patrons forming Philanthropic Action Committees, Chris Carson, a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, made a good suggestion about changing the acronym from PAC’s to PhACs (pronounced “facks” or “facts”). I like that suggestion, so from here on out it’s just the PhACs

Fellow AJ blogger Andrew Taylor and an intriguing piece up the other week about something called Giving Circles, which Andrew describes as a sort of investment club for philanthropic endeavors. It’s a good idea and certainly something which can help increase involvement and interest in local nonprofit endeavors, like an orchestra.  However, after reading through the information at the Giving Circles website, I think they fall short of encouraging patrons to …

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I would like to thank all of the readers who took the time to writer in with your memories or stories about Karl Haas.  I included excerpts from several of them in an article published at The Partial Observer today. After talking with the people responsible for syndicating Karl’s program, Adventures in Good Music, I learned that they have plans to continue broadcasting past programs.  Furthermore, Karl’s shows are owned by …

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If you haven’t taken the time to read the latest article from love-him-or-hate-him Norm Lebrecht, carve a few moments out of your day and give it a read.  It’s a good piece that points out what most people are thinking but don’t say out loud. Norm points out that most people are simply uncomfortable with the atmosphere of classical music concerts a topic examined at length here on numerous occasions.  From …

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