orchestral blogs

I write one of the few blogs independently-penned by an orchestra member, and I’m not sure why it’s such a lonely job description.  However, a rapidly expanding area of classical music blogs are blogs that are written as part of a symphony orchestra’s public relations and/or artistic arms. 

Here’s a short list of links to those that I’ve discovered so far:

The Score – the Seattle Symphony’s official blog

Inside the Classics – a musician/conductor authored blog for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Inside the Classics series.

L.A. Chamber Orchestra blog – an official blog of the LACO

Pittsburgh Symphony blogs – a collection of postings by members of the PSO family, including board and audience members (!)

St. Louis Symphony blog – a management blog authored by Eddie Silva

Utah Symphony/Opera blog – a management blog written by various staff members

The Australian Chamber Orchestra Blogs Here – pretty much self-explanatory

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra blog

Vermont Symphony blog

The Edmonton Symphony even had a symphony blog night, with a room specially for bloggers to blog live during the concert – interesting idea!

And the San Francisco Symphony did something very similar.

If you have a favorite symphony orchestra blog or event that you want others to know about, click on the contact tab above or submit a comment with a link – I’ll keep a collection over on the right side in the blogroll column.