James Bash interviews OSO music director Carlos Kalmar and gets the low-down on the rest of this season’s highlights - click here to check it out.

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Apparently the rumor mill at the Philadelphia Orchestra is buzzing with news that Christoph Eschenbach is due to be named music director of the National Symphony - Peter Dobrin of ArtsWatch reports:

That’s been the backstage rumor lately at the Philadelphia Orchestra - that the Washington, D.C. ensemble is set to name Eschenbach its next music director. It certainly added credibility to the rumor that Nigel Boon, the National’s artistic chief, recently stopped by the Kimmel Center to hear several Eschenbach concerts. Now, lots can happen between courting time and sign-on-the-dotted-line time. But Eschenbach will conduct the National in February in a special benefit concert; that might be a good time to expect an announcement.

The Seattle Weekly has printed an article centering around the “one-woman law firm” of Brenda Little and her lawsuit against Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony on behalf of violinist Peter Kaman. Read the entire article here.

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So, should musicians have input into the programs that the orchestra presents?

It’s not an easy a question to answer. With orchestras, it’s always as many times complicated as there are players in the orchestra - plus the artistic administrator and the music director, oh, and the audience. [Read more →]