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third rail, indeed

by Charles Noble on October 3, 2009

My BBB (bratsche blogging brother) Robert Levine has posted a very good article about the pitfalls of the addiction to the over scale model of orchestral recognition in his new post over at polyphonic.org.  He calls over scale (individually negotiated wages for members, usually principals, of the orchestra that are greater than the contractually specified [...]

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tidbits for monday morning

by Charles Noble on June 2, 2008 · 2 comments

• I just caught Robert Levine’s latest blog entry about the Milwaukee Symphony’s recent concerts with Hilary Hahn.  Robert is one of the smartest guys out there, I’m coming to appreciate, and reading this post had me scratching my head and wondering “why couldn’t I have said that?”.  I like the way he clearly expresses [...]

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communities, boards, and orchestras

by Charles Noble on March 20, 2008

As I write this, there are two orchestras in the U.S. which are currently facing an existential crisis. The Columbus Symphony and the Shreveport Symphony are both facing cuts which will forever alter how they function, sound, raise money, and basically exist.
Over the past week, two fellow violists/bloggers have written posts about the situation, [...]

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inside a music director search

by Charles Noble on January 28, 2008

Frank Almond, concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony (and partial concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony), writes a very interesting entry in his blog about the recent search process that ended up with the surprise hiring of Edo de Waart as their next music director.

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