by Charles Noble on December 10, 2009 · 2 comments
A great article from the San Francisco Chronicle about the baton that most (but not all) conductors use to conduct the orchestra. And a reminder that we have a world-class baton maker right here in Portland, Oregon: Alan Pierce, former bass trombonist of the Oregon Symphony, who makes batons for OSO music director Carlos Kalmar [...]
by Charles Noble on October 20, 2009
Michael Tilson Thomas/Photo: G. Schirmer
If you missed the San Francisco Symphony’s wonderful exploration of four major works from the classical music repertoire (explicated and conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas) – then you’re in luck. If you’re a digi-phile such as myself, you can click over to the iTunes Store and download each of the full [...]