With my performance on Sunday finished, there was one more hurdle in store for me during my trip to Philadelphia. I had scheduled a lesson with my former teacher from Peabody Conservatory, Roberto Díaz. He had been the principal violist of the National Symphony when I’d studied with him in Baltimore, and he went on
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While the Classical Beaver makes it seem like we in the Oregon Symphony are doing keg stands, beer bongs, wet t-shirt competitions, and slathering sunscreen all over each other’s bodies during spring break, it’s often quite different for some of us. Yes, there are some lucky musicians who have scraped together the funds to head
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Tomorrow night (Saturday) I’m joining OSO colleagues former and current for a concert at a wonderful venue in Yakima, Washington called The Seasons. The concert is entitled Classically Romantic, and features three blockbuster works from three different eras of music history. The first work on the program is J.S. Bach’s magnificent and incomparable Chaconne from
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