Five Minutes To Midnight On The Minnesota Orchestra Doomsday Clock
Fri, May 5, 2013
by Drew McManus
The Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) moved another minute closer to doomsday this week in the wake of three key events: Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s publicly stated threshold for resignation, the loss of principal clarinet Burt Hara, and a commentary article authored by two members of the MOA negotiating committee which appeared in the 4/26/2013 edition
Such A Touching Tribute
Thu, May 5, 2013
by Drew McManus
On 5/1/2013, cellist Lynn Harrell published what has to be one of the most touching tributes to Janos Starker that have flooded the internet since news of his passing became public. Words fail to capture what Harrell accomplished in his tribute to one of the greatest musical figures of the last century. The entire field
It Looks Like A Deal, Smells Like A Deal, But…
Wed, May 5, 2013
by Drew McManus
It appears that the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) is going to pick up the shards of what’s left from the 2012/13 season. On 4/29/2013, the musicians ratified a new collective bargaining agreement but there continues to be very little love between stakeholders. The musicians came out swinging by paring the ratification announcement with a
