conductors, redux May 7, 2008
Posted by Charles Noble in : conducting, music, the orchestra world, 2commentsTowards the end of any orchestra’s season, you tend to hear a lot (make that a LOT) of armchair quarterbacking by the rank and file about the leadership of any conductor within rock throwing range. Some even make the entire organization’s woes solely the responsibility of the stick waver. I’m sure that’s gratifying to the most egotistical of conductors (most of whom range pretty high on the ego scale anyway, otherwise they wouldn’t have taken up conducting), but for those who are music directors and are busting their butts doing all manner of fundraising, it would be something that they’d take offense to. (more…)
no snappy title today March 11, 2008
Posted by Charles Noble in : conducting, music, soloists & recitals, the orchestra world, add a commentI’m just too wiped out to think of a snappy title this morning. We finished our classical series last night to very good audience response - several hundred of you took advantage of the ticket stub offer to repeat the concert experience (and some of whom were lucky friends who got to go to a free concert with their friends’ ticket stubs). (more…)
