I’m sure that many of you may have seen this elsewhere, but for those of you who have not, here is the video: [Read more →]

Bill Eddins, music director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, wrote a post a few weeks back about the mixed experience that is being on an orchestral audition committee. He wrote about the process and frustrations of being on the principal trumpet audition committee in Edmonton.

He got a lot of feedback - some good, some bad, some very ugly. [Read more →]

Photo credit: Charles Noble

Oregon Symphony cellist Adam Esbensen, a native of Corvallis, and a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2004 (he’s also the cellist with local new music ensemble fEARnoMUSIC), has won what is considered the Holy Grail of orchestral jobs, a position in a Big Five orchestra, in this case the Boston Symphony! [Read more →]