I was taking part in a meeting this past Wednesday of a task force of players, board members, and management personnel which has met off and on for the last 7 months to discuss the future of the Oregon Symphony. It’s been a pleasure to serve on this committee, and there have been no shortages
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Thanks to Alex Ross for pointing this out – check out the event listing carefully…
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Boise Phiharmonic violist/blogger/cyclist/survivor Jen Drake tells us about the audiences in Boise. Worth a look – it’ll make ya laugh.
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Sad, but true: Douglas Fisher Member, Columbus Symphony Orchestra President, Local 103, AFM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2008 Columbus Symphony Musicians Vote To Allow Live Recording Next week’s Columbus Symphony Orchestra program will be recorded live for the international recording company Denon, which will release it on compact disc. At the personal request of
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 Ron Blessinger, violinist with the Oregon Symphony, blogger, and artistic director of the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, well be a guest on the new Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show Think Out Loud, on Wednesday, February 27th from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. You can listen on your radio at 91.5 FM in the Portland
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This coming weekend – Sunday, March 2nd @ 2 p.m., to be exact – the Oregon Symphony will present the next concert in its series Inside the Score. Under examination this time around is the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Fifth Symphony.
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Many of you may be unaware that Oregon Symphony violinist Elena Hirsu’s father Valentin is a cellist with the New York Phiharmonic. He is profiled in today’s New York Times while the orchestra is visiting North Korea. He was asking for information from North Korean musicians as to the whereabouts of several orphaned North Korean
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Photo credit: Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com The best moment of the bloated-as-usual Academy Awards ceremony had to be the second chance for Marketa Irglova to give her acceptance speech as co-winner of Best Original Song – Falling Slowly – from the movie Once. And it was a poignant and beautiful one, too:
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I can’t wait – it’s hit 60°F once already…
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Not much to say about this one except – go, go tonight and come back on Monday night. I think it’s a must-see show, and a highlight of the pops season. I’ve heard rumors (quite possibly untrue) that this is the last tour of the Flecktones, so it’s literally a once in a lifetime opportunity
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A photo from the Baker City High School gymnasium, where we gave in-school concerts and an evening concert in May, 2006. Click photo to enlarge. Thanks to Sam Bergman for pointing out this excellent audio/visual slideshow of the Minnesota Orchestra’s “outstate” tour of rural Minnesota.
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Ever heard of a play which feature an oboist as its main character? Now you have – Portland Center Stage is presenting (on their studio stage) A Feminine Ending now through March 23, 2008. Here’s their excellent, and eye-catching poster for the production: And a photo from the production, avec hautbois (click photo to enlarge):
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I got home today and felt so tired, so just absolutely empty and wiped, that I decided that going for a brisk walk was just the right medicine. I grabbed my iPod, loaded with updated podcasts of shows that I listen to when time allows, and went to the multi-use trail that runs past the
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There’s not a lot that I’m finding compelling in the Seattle Symphony’s 2008-2009 season, but there some events worth noting if you’re ever in the habit of taking in a couple concerts in the Emerald City.
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I’m off of the blogosphere for a brief bit – just taking care of other business and letting my head clear. See ya soon!
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