There’s been quite a bit of unfortunate news for American orchestras in the past week or so. Here’s a roundup of what I’ve noticed lately. Fortunately, there is no mention of the Oregon Symphony here – and in fact, ticket sales for next season are very strong. I think that people here in Portland are
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Mei-Ann Chen, currently Assistant conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, has been named the new Music Director of the Memphis Symphony! Congratulations to Mei-Ann!
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Oregon Symphony Resident conductor Gregory Vajda conducts a recording of music by his mentor, the composer/conductor Péter Eötvös, entitled As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams. The recording is one of three nominated for the prestigious 2010 MIDEM Classical Award. Conductor Leonard Slatkin has a compelling essay up on his website detailing his experience of
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Some news from the orchestral front this week: The Baltimore Symphony continues to shrink its budget, the musicians are cutting their wages from the 5.7% already conceded to 12.5% for the 2009-2010 season. [Washington Post] Peter Dobrin writes about African-American orchestral musicians in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia Inquirer] The Indianapolis Symphony declines to renew its music director’s
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Some very sad news from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose Principal trombonist, Steven Witser, died of a heart attack at the age of 48 on Monday night. The Ying Quartet is losing its first violinist, resulting in a quartet that will not be all siblings. The Baltimore Symphony musicians have given $1 million in voluntary
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