Once again I made the mistake of reading the auditions forum at the myauditions.com website. Once again, there are conspiracy theories being proposed about the results of another major audition – in this case the recent Boston Symphony percussion auditions (one of the winners is a current member of our section here in Oregon). This
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Matthew McKay, who just joined the Oregon Symphony percussion section this season, has won a position in the venerable Boston Symphony. He will be joining former OSO cellist Adam Esbensen, who left for the BSO in 2008. Problematic for the Oregon Symphony percussion section is that the runner-up in the audition that Matt won here
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The reviews are mixed, but generally positive thus far. Jeremy Eichler in the Boston Globe has a review which gives precious little to indicate how the performance went at all, other than to single out a few sections to praise the quality of their playing, and to describe the basic structure of the Harbison premiere,
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This week our music director is in Boston filling in for an ailing James Levine, and he’s conducting Mahler’s mighty Seventh Symphony. (Which will be streamed live on the internet at 7:00 p.m. EDT on April 10, 2010 – look for the “Listen Live” box on the left side of the site). I’m very jealous.
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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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David Stabler reports that Carlos Kalmar has been asked to fill in for James Levine with the Boston Symphony in early April. UPDATE: David Stabler reports that CK will also be filling in for Esa Pekka Salonen with the Chicago Symphony this coming week. [link]
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Thanks to Matthew Guerrieri for finding this…
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Photo credit: Charles Noble Oregon Symphony cellist Adam Esbensen, a native of Corvallis, and a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2004 (he’s also the cellist with local new music ensemble fEARnoMUSIC), has won what is considered the Holy Grail of orchestral jobs, a position in a Big Five orchestra, in this case the Boston
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