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alice tulley reborn at lincoln center

by Charles Noble on January 30, 2009

The newly renovated Alice Tully Hall – Photo: Robert Polidori
Alice Tully Hall, long reviled for its poor public spaces and horribly dry acoustics, has just undergone a $159 million renovation, and the initial response from both architecture critics and the musician tenants of the hall is very good.  The hall’s main tenant is the Chamber [...]

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huggett to lead new program at juilliard

by Charles Noble on September 24, 2008

From today’s New York Times:
Last October the Juilliard School announced that it would establish a graduate program in historical performance, shaped in large part by the American expatriate William Christie, who spearheaded the modern early-music movement in Paris. Now Juilliard is announcing specific dates and faculty members.
Auditions for the program, which begins in the [...]

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juilliard to field football team

by Charles Noble on February 18, 2008 · 1 comment

Yes, hell is freezing over – in 2010.  Rumor is Curtis is planning on fielding a team for 2009.
If you can knock out two flawless etudes, break off a dazzling solo and nail a representative sampling of standard orchestral excerpts — all under the withering scrutiny of the school’s famously demanding faculty — you stand [...]

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a terrible loss

by Charles Noble on January 2, 2008

I encountered Jerome on a tour with the Super World Orchestra in 2000. He was an amazing horn player – I’ll remember his solos from Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story for a long time.
From Peter Dobrin, classical music critic, Philadelphia Inquirer:

Jerome Ashby, 1956-2007
By Peter Dobrin

Jerome Ashby, associate principal hornist of the [...]

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