Revising mission statements seems to be all the rage these days and an increasing number of orchestras have accepted the task of forging a multi-syllabic laden treatise to define how they one day hope to see themselves. But creating a mission statement chocked full of language capable of impressing even the most ambitious musicology doctoral candidate isn’t a one-day exercise; until now…
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Do We Ever Prepare For The Best?
It is the beginning of January in Chicago and the sight out of my office windows features a bright, sunny day and an outdoor temperature in the mid 50’s…
What It Takes To Create New Music
Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of editing a pair of articles written by Lyric Opera of Chicago Principal Horn, Jon Boen, for Polyphonic.org. The articles detail Jon’s experiences related to commissioning, performing, and recording an extensive concerto for French Horn and orchestra…
What Happened To Canada?!?
In response to the flood of requests over the past few months from readers asking about when the Canadian Orchestra Website review will come out, I have some information…
Do You Really Want To Lead With Scorched Earth Tactics?
If nothing else, this business is never dull. Yesterday’s Kansas City Star published an article by Dan Margolies which reports that the Kansas City Symphony filled a lawsuit against Missouri’s General Assembly for failing to provide arts funding as promised via decade old legislature…