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No, not the traditional type of fireworks associated with 4th of July celebrations, rather, the sort of institutional fireworks resulting from tension between the Seattle Symphony Orchestra musicians and the board over the contract extension of music director Gerard Schwarz. Regardless of the how much the situation is being played up in the Seattle papers,

The Partial Observer published an article of mine today about an issue which was initiated by my Arts Journal blogging neighbor, Greg Sandow. Last week, Greg began blogging about a new classical music magazine from the U.K. named MUSO…

It’s been a busy week of comments at Adaptistration. In some cases, the comments are running longer than the original posts. Here are some of the great discussions currently taking place…

Thanks to Marc Geelhoed over at his deceivingly straightforward blog, Deceptively Simple, for pointing out something I missed in the local Chicago news…

Just how long is too long for a conductor to serve as music director? In Seattle, that question appears to be coming to a head following a three year contract extension for Seattle Symphony Orchestra music director Gerard Schwarz. This isn’t the first time lightning has flashed in the SSO surrounding Gerard Schwarz and over