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TAFTO 2010 Contribution: Elizabeth Lunday
Mon, Apr 4, 2010
by Drew McManus
It took about all of five minutes between picking up Elizabeth Lunday’s book, Secret Lives of Great Composers, and determining that that she was going to be at the top of this year’s TAFTO contributor invitee list. So when she agreed to take part in this year’s program, I knew she was going to put
Venture Project Update: Building A Smarter Art
Fri, Apr 4, 2010
by Drew McManus
Today marks the beginning of The Venture Project’s active analysis period as initial users get in and work with specific Creative Control Engine components. We’re also assembling the review checklist to ensure each individual feature and module is properly designed and incorporated into the final product. It’s gratifying to see everything coming together and it
Debbie Does Dvorak?
Thu, Apr 4, 2010
by Drew McManus
Perhaps the best we to preface this is to say it comes from the digital desk of conductor Bill Eddins who started off a recent post with the following: “My Board chair is going to have fits, and I can just hear our Executive Director banging her head against a wall. But folks, sometimes you
If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em
Wed, Apr 4, 2010
by Drew McManus
In an interesting turn of events in Charleston, one of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) concert sponsors has decided to present a cancelled pops concert on their own. The First Federal bank will be presenting the May 1st Starlight Pops concert using members from the recently-suspended CSO under the director of Alex Agrest (CSO core
TAFTO 2010 Starts Next Week!
Tue, Apr 4, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 2010 Take A Friend To The Orchestra (TAFTO) program will run from Monday, 4/12/2010 through Thursday, 4/22/2010. In addition to the detailed publication schedule below, readers have started to put their own TAFTO events together and use social networking to get organized. Arizona Opera violist Katie Shields has an opera oriented event in Phoenix,
