Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
According to a brief wire from the Associated Press, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra board has elected Marin Alsop to be their new music director. More details will follow as they become available.
The Partial Observer published the second in my series of articles about the fascinating program of classical music in Venezuela. This article focuses on an interview I conducted with the program’s founder and director, José Antonio Abreu.
The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra released the following statement on Sunday, July 17, 2005 with regard to their organization’s current music director search, The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony are asking Philip English, Chairman of the Board of Directors, to postpone any vote on the appointment of a new Music Director. The musicians ask that any decision be delayed until Thanksgiving of this year, which will allow opportunities for …
There is a great article by Tim Smith in the 7/16/05 Baltimore Sun which includes some quotes from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra players committee chair, Jane Marvine, many of which also appeared here yesterday. In addition to those quotes there is some additional information from Jane which touches on the process behind the music director search; the article reports, The seven musician members of the 21-person search committee will attend Tuesday’s …
I just read two articles from the New York Times about the apparent appointment of Marin Alsop as the new Music Director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In order to head off some of the email I expect to receive regarding whether or not Ms. Alsop should or shouldn’t be the new music director based on artistic reasons, let me reiterate that this examination has nothing to do with those issues. …