June 2011
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“Creative leadership is a symbol of inspiration and possibility. Traditional...”
– Conductors invariably take the latter approach, but these days orchestras desperately need more of the former.
[John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design, heard at Aspen Ideas Festival]
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Community foundation
Great news for the WCFSO – we just received word of five-figure grants from the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa and the Guernsey Charitable Foundation in support of our youth concerts, family programming and Buck-a-Kid outreach effort. Both grants are up significantly over previous years, proof that prioritizing our role as an educational resource for our community can pay dividends even in...
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The Los Angeles area mapped in 1915 by the Automobile Club of Southern California. And here I am thinking the city looked different when I was growing up there twenty five years ago.
[via latimes, full map here]
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“We think we seek excellence and genius, yet we frown and tut-tut when someone...”
– Anne Midgette of the Washington Post drops a heavy truth about the classical music business.
The quote comes from her review of a recent Bernstein-focused program at the NSO in which she notes that the composer is the subject of constant derision within so-called serious music circles because his...
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WatchOne of my all-time favorite Dilla beats, Hi, from his astonishing final album Donuts. The video was done by Jean Christophe Morice for Stones Throw’s video contest, another uniquely listener-focused project from the most engaging record label in the business.
I love the idea of opening up media to fans and fellow artists for creative reuse but don’t encounter many in the orchestra...
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