I’m home from ballet, and I actually didn’t cough throughout the performance. Whew! I think I’m really on the mend. But Dan had this, and I seem to recall he thought he was getting better right before it got really bad. You can trust that tomorrow I’m going to take it as easy as possible [...]
Archive of entries posted on 4th April 2009
Audition News
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has hired Lora Schaefer, principal oboe of the Kansas City Symphony, for the position of second oboe. She will be sitting in with the CSO wind section in late April and early May before officially joining the orchestra July 6 at Ravinia. Read here. So that explains the principal oboe opening [...]
20 minutes for $2.50
New World Symphony puts on concerts that are 20 minutes long. And they charge only $2.50. I suppose a twenty minute concert limits repertoire a bit, doesn’t it? And does the time include tuning and applause? That would make it even shorter. (But hey, you could say you’ve received your culture and then get the [...]
I’m Puzzled
I have puzzled over some issues with new works, and I’m just going to put up a few questions here. I am not being sarcastic. Really. I’m just curious about some issues. Recently one of my students was given a suggestion. A composer of a new work thought the student might consider playing the composer’s [...]