A completely overused statement “thinking outside the box” needs to be reworked and soon. I used to love using it, but now I feel it is a cop out statement as if to say we are going to try something new and different and if it doesn’t work, well at least we tried! Also my new Audience Connections class has begun (16 students!) and like I do every year I am asking for requests of arts related topics and current events for us to discuss in class, and I will post the audio! Bottom left is the Audience Connection tab if you want to listen to podcasts and read related articles…now to the box….
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A Tale of Two Cities…
Two interesting situations are developing that on the surface may not seem connected but are actually deeply related. For better or for worse.
I’m Baaaack….coming up!
After a week of decompression (and a quick trip to Tulsa) following my 6 week Lake Placid stint, Wednesday begins my new Audience Connections class with podcasts and audio highlights starting next week. An interesting article about the role of the Assistant Conductor came out recently, I have a lot to say about that, plus a fellow Australian sounds off on what audiences should be focusing on…oh my, if you have read my postings, I think for the most part it should be the opposite. All of this and more coming up … Continue Reading
The Red Hour
The Red Hour has struck, and the 2010 Edinburgh International Arts Festival is open!!! Time to lick my wounds.
Are You One With Landru?
Funny how life sometimes imitates Star Trek.
Out On The Fringe
Once in a lifetime everyone should have the opportunity to do something that very, very few other people can claim to have done. It’s my turn.
Things that move….
I’m in the midst of the busiest schedule of my life in Lake Placid and in Syracuse, with 3 (this week 5) concerts a week till mid August, but that doesn’t mean there is no time to be moved….just not much time to write about it! Yesterday something struck me and a friend shared with me a clip that reminded me just how we can through music both move and be moved, I also kind of broke an unwritten rule….
Is CPR Necessary For A Revival?
When last we saw our intrepid Porgy folk we were sneaking up on the Gale, the general dress rehearsal. Or, truth be told, perhaps the Gale was sneaking up on us. This is where the old expression “canary in a coal mine” starts to seem prophetic.