Can you tell which is the real Carlos Kalmar? Carlos Kalmar with Acting Principal bassonist Evan Kuhlmann
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October 2008
Photo credit: Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal Today at a lunch meeting with the musicians between our morning and afternoon rehearsals, OSO President Elaine Calder gave a short, no-nonsense talk on the state of the OSO’s finances in light of the stock market crash, bank credit crisis, and other such ominous events.
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The OSO players will be getting a briefing on the state of the orchestra’s finances tomorrow between rehearsals at the hall. If I’m allowed to share some of that information, I will, but if not, I’ll give a broad-brush, impressionistic version (basically: thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or thumbs-sideways). My hunch is that we’re going to be ok
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Composer Ned Rorem Ned Rorem turned 85 last week – and I’ll be 95% of the classical music world didn’t even know. I have a little bit of a reason to know, since I have several good friends that studied with him at the Curtis Institute, but it’s a shame that he’s not gotten more
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See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
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Former Oregon Symphony Concertmaster Amy Schwartz-Moretti gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Friday morning – his name is Rocco Paul Moretti, and he and his mom (and proud papa Steve) are doing fine.
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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, who has appeared twice with the Sunriver Music Festival – making a huge positive impression both times – is the featured artist in this month’s issue of The Strad – a leading stringed instrument magazine. You can find copies of The Strad at some Borders or Barnes and Noble locations, but
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I don’t normally pay much attention to what the musical iconoclast Norman Lebrecht writes, but I found some comfort in these uncomfortable times in his most recent column – here’s the relevent paragraph: Orchestras, too, flourish in depression. London went from one symphony orchestra to three in the post-crash period of 1930-32 and from three
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I was digging through my ever-growing iTunes library and listening to some old performances by the Ethos Quartet. We went through three incarnations – each time with a new violinist replacing the previous one. Denise Huizenga was the constant thread in the violins, with Lisa Hansen, Marty Jennings, and Tyler Neist taking the other chair
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Jeremy Denk has a pretty clever “interview” with Sarah Palin regarding Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata.
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I’m very much looking forward to reading Halleluja Junction, the autobiography of leading American composer John Adams. If you’re reading it, or have already read it – let me know your thoughts! Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
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Be sure to cast your vote in this week’s poll: [poll id="3"]
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Which include having a friend who is a coffee roaster (opens in a new window) par excellence!
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This weekend brought an exhausting, but enjoyable set of concerts to the Schnitzer Concert Hall. There were three major set changes which taxed the expert stage crew (and probably the patience of the audience) to their limits, but considering all of the chairs and stands which needed to be moved around, they did a speedy
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