June 2008
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Czech this
115 years ago Antonín Dvořák conducted his Eighth Symphony at Bohemian Day of the Chicago World’s Fair. The orchestra numbered over 100, and the enthusiastic audience several thousand. The following summer the composer spent a summer in Spillville here in northeast Iowa. This past spring the WCFSO revisited Dvořák’s time in the American midwest through several performances [including a...
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Man-made mess
More on the recent flooding in eastern Iowa. This morning Iowa Public Radio’s Pat Blank reports that New Hartford, a town near where I live and through which I regularly ride my bike, is nearing the point of no return after a tornado and flooding this past month.
Daniel Schorr responds, citing Cedar Falls city council member Kamyar Enshayan’s comments in the Washington Post about...
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So I've heard
So I’ve heard that Alan Rich, one of this country’s most essential music critics, has a new spot on the web. [Link is also on the blogroll.]
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The answer is 'no'
And the question asked by Colin Holter is whether conservatories and schools of music are offering curricula appropriate to the ultimate career activities of their graduates.
For years I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that – based on my experiences as a student, performer and occasional university educator – the conservatory system in this country is essentially broken and is...
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Chairmen of the board
Two recent articles by Andrew Adler of the Courier-Journal profile the outgoing and incoming board presidents of the Louisville Orchestra. Joe Pusateri took an unconventional approach to his three-year term leading the orchestra’s directors and achieved some notable results, including pulling back the organization’s once-sizable debt. His successor Tom Noland brings a different style...
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Water everywhere
Cedar Falls and Waterloo have been in the national news this week due to record flooding along the Cedar River, which runs through both cities’ downtowns. Several local highways are covered and many residents in lower-lying areas [including our WCFSO administrative assistant] have been evacuated.
Hundreds of volunteers helped sandbag levees in Cedar Falls on Tuesday and Wednesday in an...
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Eames to please
The American designer Charles Eames was born 101 years ago this month – June’s links focus on the celebrated body of work he created with his wife Ray.
Eames Office The primary web resource Powers of 10 An influential concept film Case Study House no. 8 [pdf] The Eames House, near where I grew up MoMA & Library of Congress Eames in collection Herman Miller & Vitra Licensed...