It was a great way to end the season.\u00c2\u00a0 Three sold out concerts with Pink Martini that were being recorded for a live concert CD.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great time for everyone, and will doubtless be a great way for a mass audience to become familiar with the Oregon Symphony.<\/p>\n
It also marks the end of my 14th season with the Oregon Symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 I remember at my audition, when in the final round I was asked by then music director James DePreist where I imagined myself being in five years’ time.\u00c2\u00a0 I replied that I had no idea, only that I loved the Northwest and that it would be a pleasure to be in Portland with the Oregon Symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 As a musician, you take little for granted, and chances for advancement are rare and fleeting, fraught with high odds and many, many determined and talented competitors for those few plum jobs that become available each year.<\/p>\n
So, I count myself as fortunate that I live in this most European of American cities, so livable and embued with an ethos that makes perfect sense to those of us with a streak of individualism and an artistic temperament.\u00c2\u00a0 Come this September, I’ll begin my 15th season with the OSO, and proudly so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was a great way to end the season.\u00c2\u00a0 Three sold out concerts with Pink Martini that were being recorded for a live concert CD.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great time for everyone, and will doubtless be a great way for a mass audience to become familiar with the Oregon Symphony. 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