‘Twas a hundred years ago today, Sgt. Igor taught the world to play. OK, maybe I shouldn’t quite my day job.
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Mirror, Mirror…
“What if instead…” scenarios are always wishful thinking, at least until someone actually builds a fully functional TARDIS so that we can go back in time and change some small detail that leads to an alternate reality. But here’s mine.
More Fence Sitting Needed!
I’ve taken up “fencing” working as an Administrator and Music Director, I see more clearly one problem that orchestras need to address, and NOW!…..
Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue State
It has been a long time coming but I now believe that there is an end to the beginning in sight. Something Old – a Recap The implosion of the Minnesota Orchestra, so brilliantly dubbed the “Minnegeddon,” has shattered the illusion that the governance model of the 1950s is adequate to the task of running a major orchestra in this new millenium. That an artistic institution of this size and quality could be so cavalierly flushed down the drain by a Board led along the garden path by a few blowhards and … Continue Reading
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It
And here we are. Can we finally have a revolutionary discussion? Or are we going to pretend, in the face of all contrary evidence, that the system still works?
From Sam With Love
Last night the locked out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra played another concert under the direction of Mad Stan Skrowaczewski. Here in its entirety is the pre-concert speech given by M.O. violist Sam Bergman.
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.
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.