A Sneak Peak At The “Special Surprise”

My apologies to everyone who was expecting the 2005 Orchestra Website Review “Special Recognition Awards” and the “Special Surprise” which, according to the review main page, were promised to be up today. Things got caught up today and I wasn’t able to put the finishing touches to those articles. As such, you can expect them to be published on Monday, 9/19/05 (and maybe spilling over to a little of Tuesday 9/20/05 …

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Looking For An Angel

The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which examines the events in the Gulf Coast Region and chronicles the events surrounding some of the LPO musicians. It also examines where the LPO may be headed and what they’ll need to get there. Please take the time to give the article some of your attention today.

Emergency Preparedness

Last January I nearly wrote a piece about emergency preparedness when some unexpected ice storms throughout the Mid-Atlantic and North-East states dipped more than a few orchestra administrations into some temporary chaos. Unfortunately, I never seemed to get around to it but Hurricane Katrina has demonstrated that it’s a subject you simply can’t ignore…

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