As you may know, I was recently profiled as part of a Crosscut article about Portland arts advocates. It was ably written by Portland music writer and musician Stephen Marc Beaudoin. It was an honor to be included, and I was happy with the article as it was published. [Read more →]

Ron Blessinger, violinist with the Oregon Symphony, blogger, and artistic director of the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, well be a guest on the new Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show Think Out Loud, on Wednesday, February 27th from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. You can listen on your radio at 91.5 FM in the Portland metro area, or listen worldwide on OPB’s internet stream. You can also download the podcast later in the day to enjoy at your leisure.

The topic of discussion will be Oregon-based musical culture. Discuss…

For those of you who missed it, Gustavo Dudamel (music director-designate of the LA Philharmonic) was featured on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening.  You can go here to see the video of the segment.

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 →]

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.

See the video after the jump (click on title above or link at left to view entire post and see video). [Read more →]