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viola fanfare (but hardly common)

by Charles Noble on January 21, 2010 · 4 comments

Violist Sam Bergman, of the Minnesota Orchestra (and fellow BBB – Bratsche Blogging Brother) made this arrangement of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man for a Minnesota Orchestra function.  I kind of like it – it might be something we should do here in Oregon…

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opera vs. symphony

by Charles Noble on October 28, 2009 · 3 comments

Sam Bergman over at the Minnesota Orchestra has a great post about the apparent double standard between opera companies and symphony orchestras.  In brief: orchestras are constantly being berated for having structural deficits and are forced to produce more and more for-profit-like business models, while opera companies lose tremendous amounts of money on high-tech experiments [...]

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inside the orchestra

by Charles Noble on February 26, 2009

Violist Sam Bergman has a great illustration of how different it is to hear an orchestra from the audience’s point of view than from a seat in the orchestra.  Sam’s a violist with the Minnesota Orchestra, which is on a European tour right now.  Their first stop was the Barbican Centre in London, where the [...]

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more columbus opinion

by Charles Noble on March 16, 2008

Sam Bergman, violist with the Minnesota Orchestra, has written an insightful and compelling post about the current situation in Columbus.
Here’s the crux of his argument against the draconian cuts proposed by the CSO board and management:
Consider it from another angle: let’s say that the Minnesota Timberwolves, plagued for years by slumping ticket sales, underperforming teams, [...]

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musician-hosted series in minnesota

by Charles Noble on January 24, 2008

Violist (aren’t we an enterprising bunch?!) Sam Bergman of the Minnesota Orchestra has been writing and hosting the educational series called Inside the Classics.

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