Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Although this isn’t the sort of topic we usually examine, it is simply too cool to pass up so if you haven’t already seen it, set some time aside today to watch the videos on Da Vinci’s Viola Organista, an instrument the inventor conceived but never built during his lifetime. It has a genuinely beautiful sound and the story behind how Polish pianist Slawomir Zubrzycki successfully built a working instrument that …
Since yesterday was the penultimate moving related time-suck day this month, there was only enough time to compose a quick link love post. To that end, these are some of the articles that have recently caught my attention: What have you been reading as of late that really got you thinking?
Try to take a few moments to remember the reason for the holiday and remember that the single largest employer of full-time professional musicians is the United States Armed Forces. The United States Air Force Band The United States Army Band “The Presidents Own” United States Marine Band The United States Navy Band The United States Coast Guard Band
The 10/9/2013 Los Angeles Times published a fascinating article by music critic Mark Swed juxtaposes the recent round of bad news against what he describes as a thriving Los Angeles classical music scene. The article isn’t some LA centric puff piece; instead, it asks tough questions about sustainability and whether LA is just a bubble waiting to burst to a chorus of “we told you so” naysayers amidst Chicken Little pundits. …
Yesterday’s Minnesota Orchestra cross-blog event was a genuine hit; loads of traffic, loads of comments, and double loads of social sharing. In case you unplugged yesterday and took a genuine holiday, make sure you go back and start catching up on everything that happened; and when you do, be sure to tag your social sharing with the #MOA_CrossBlog hashtag. Along those lines, I know I’ll be spending part of today combing …