October 2010
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Post symphonic
Got a symphony-related gem from the interwebs that you’d like to share with the orchestra21 audience? Head over to the new submission page and send it my way. [If something is already on your own Tumblr site and you would prefer a reblog just submit the url; regardless, every post on this site is credited with a link.]
And of course you can always send me a comment or question for...
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“Sometimes it’s boring to walk by yourself, so you grab a leaf and blow on it and...”
– Leaf musician Guo Yong, quoted in a fascinating story from NPR about endangered musical traditions in China.
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kinyoubi asked: Hello, nice blog. What is the name of that Nico Muhly piece?
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“A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.”
– I doubt Duke Ellington had orchestras in mind when he dropped this knowledge, and yet he managed to essentially define both our business model and the source of our programming conundrum.
If we embrace his concept and make it our top structural priority to explore creative ways of sustaining it...
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The future of the business
Programming is one of the most intensive and essential elements of my work as a conductor and artistic director, and my approach to it is guided by the conviction that orchestras can only thrive if their offerings consistently present both performers and audiences with opportunities for challenge and discovery. [See my previous post, or anything related to my work with the WCFSO.] That point of...
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Hey, what's that sound →
Coming to the WCFSO this weekend to hear Tan Dun’s Concerto for Pipa? Learn everything you need to know about the traditional Chinese lute from its entry in the Guardian series on instruments.
[Previously posted: a video of pipa soloist Zhoa Cong playing in front of Beijing’s Drum Tower]