An Open Letter to Norman Lebrecht

Somehow I sincerely doubt that when Drew McManus asked me to participate in an online blog about the classical music industry he had the idea of me starting a very public international pissing match with an established author.  Too bad.

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Through the Looking Glass

The Year of Living Dangerously in the classical orchestral world continues.  This time we get an interesting twist on the standard with the West Coast edition.  After a while it’s hard not to get desensitized to all the bad news out there.  Then I ran into a civilian.

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Bill’s Rules for the Industry

Wow.  We seem to have hit a low point when it comes to either ethics or morals (or both) in the classical music industry, and that’s really saying something.  How about we start out 2013 with a short list of dos and don’ts for Boards, Adminstrations, and Musicians.  Submissions welcome.

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Thanks for the Memories – the Musical Cliff

I would hate to start 2013 off on a contrarian note, but since that’s the way I ended 2012 why change now?  Matter of fact, why not up the ante?  Start the year on a high note?  So my first target of 2013 is……. the New York Times. No, seriously, I don’t really have a beef with the NYT, although I did just hear that the Culture Editor is stepping down, and that makes me a little nervous.  However, there has been one article that has made the rounds the last few … Continue Reading