Neo Classical – Page 37 – Holly Mulcahy on the future of classical music

All Roads Lead To Carnegie

Sun, May 6, 2012

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Holly Mulcahy

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? I could answer that with the punch line to the old joke, but it’s more interesting to see how six orchestras are preparing to go there for the Spring for Music Festival. For six straight evenings from May 7 through May 12, these north American orchestras will travel to New York’s famous venue, Carnegie Hall. Each orchestra has a diverse and exceptional program, and many have customized their repertoire to be regionally insightful. Besides looking through the Spring for Music Festival website, which has an … Continue Reading

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Revisiting Titanic

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

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Holly Mulcahy

Growing up in Denver it was easy to be fascinated with the history of the RMS Titanic; after all, Denver was home to the Unsinkable Molly Brown and her house is still a popular tourist attraction. And every couple of years I would get a tour of her house and a bit more of the history absorbed. But it was a random statement from my Ear Training professor during my Peabody Conservatory days that I first became interested in the Titanic musicians.

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Not Bad For a Local Boy Part 2

Mon, Apr 2, 2012

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Holly Mulcahy

“Not bad for a local boy.” That was the phrase that stuck in my colleague’s mind from a conversation between students at the Aspen Music Festival and School when discussing violin soloist, Eugene Fodor. Hearing this story from my colleague, reminded me of some of the backhanded compliments musicians bestow on one another I have heard over time. They usually go something like this: I can’t believe how good that flute player is in that per service orchestra, she must be hating life, and she’s been there 20 years! [divider_flat] Did you hear … Continue Reading

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Not Bad For a Local Boy

Mon, Mar 5, 2012

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Holly Mulcahy

Upon getting my website redesigned, the developer recommended including a page about my violin. He asked me to write a little blurb about it and include something that makes it personal and special to me in addition to the obligatory who owned it, who made it, etc. Remembering how the violin found me was quite a nice memory and a little bittersweet since the person I purchased it from passed away this time last year. I had all but given up finding “the” violin, but while visiting my parents in my home … Continue Reading

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Ignorance, Stupidity, And A New Year’s Resolution

Fri, Jan 6, 2012

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Holly Mulcahy

I often take for granted how much musical knowledge has been stuffed into my head since the first time I picked up a violin at age 10. And like many of my colleagues who have equal or more knowledge than me, it is so easy for us to judge others ignorance or stupidity when they thoughtlessly criticize the career of a musician. So easy is it for me to get up on my soap box and defend the ubiquitous and offensive comments people make in the online newspaper articles about any given … Continue Reading

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