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Maybe Mendelssohn Just Inspires Violence

Tue, Sep 9, 2009
For my money, it doesn’t get much better than reading an account of Joe Patti attending an orchestra concert. For those who don’t know Joe, he’s the author of Butts In The Seats and a fellow arts manager who runs a presenting theater in Honolulu, HI. Joe posted a piece on 9/21/2009 that reviews his

Jeff Curnow Has Entered The Building

Mon, Sep 9, 2009
Today marks the launch of Inside The Arts’ newest feature, What’s Bothering Jeff? – a video series from Philadelphia Orchestra associate principal trumpet Jeff Curnow. The first installment entitled Confessions explores one trumpet player’s discovery of the mother of all nightmares. You can find the latest videos from What’s Bothering Jeff? right on the Inside

A Great Way To Test The Effectiveness Of Your Social Networks

Fri, Sep 9, 2009
Although I’ve been twittering away now for nearly one year, the fact is most of my tweets are auto-generated notices of my daily blog posts. Twitter has been a useful tool but one that never quite feels like it is being maximized; however, all that changed last week with the advent of Twitter shout-outs in

It Looks Like Utah Has A New Music Director

Thu, Sep 9, 2009
While conducting the 2009 Orchestra Website Reviews evaluations, I stumbled across a page at the Utah Symphony website that indicates their new music director is Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer. Fischer is currently the Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic. The official press release is available

When It Rains, It Pours

Wed, Sep 9, 2009
Reports of heavy rain and floods aren’t the only news coming out of Atlanta. The 9/22/2009 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article by Pierre Ruhe that reports Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) president and CEO, Allison Vulgamore, announced she will not renew her contract after it expires in June, 2010…
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