After reading David Stabler’s story yesterday on the cutting of the Oregon Symphony’s nationally-renowned Community Music Partnership, which provided a year-long musical interaction between OSO musicians and a different rural community each year, I’ve been pondering the following question: should the Oregon Symphony still be called the Oregon Symphony? We used to be known as
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As I was saying in yesterday’s post, here’s a prime example of the power of community engagement, courtesy of Twitter:
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For many of you, this past week has meant no weekend with the Oregon Symphony to look forward to – at least not in Portland. Why? Because the OSO is doing its Community Music Partnership trip this weekend in Tillamook, Oregon. Yes, home of the famous cheese and accompanying cows (along with tsunami warning signs
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To make it easier to view a larger number of images, I’ve included a link to a slideshow of images from the orchestra’s trip to La Grande and Cove, Oregon. Click here to go to the slide show.
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Last night we played our big evening concert for the communities of La Grande and Cove, Oregon as the finale for our CMP residency in those communities. While there were some moments in one piece that made for a more-exciting-than-necessary performance, the majority of the concert was a gratifying experience for those of us in
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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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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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