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And thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who have voted. It is greatly appreciated!

While Symphony Silicon Valley was voted in the top 100 for Chase Community Giving (Thank you voters! Thank you Chase!), we now enter into a tighter race, competing for the $500,000 grant for our arts education program.. Because of that I’m going to remind you daily until the voting stops. PLEASE, if you are on Facebook, vote for us. This is a worthy and worthwhile cause … taking the arts to all 4th through 6th grade students in our county! That’s the goal. I — and all involved with Symphony Silicon Valley — appreciate your votes! Let’s get the larger sum of money for this project!

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What a combination of names for the Classic Brit awards:

Three virtuoso violinists were feted at this year’s Classic Brit Awards, held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Britain’s Tasmin Little received the Critics’ Award for her acclaimed album Elgar: Violin Concerto, while Norway’s Vilde Frang took home a newcomer prize.

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu, meanwhile, won the coveted album of the year award for Moonlight Serenade, recorded with the Johann Strauss Orchestra.

Elsewhere the British conductor Antonio Pappano was named best male artist.

Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, had also been shortlisted for the Critics’ Award, which he received at last year’s ceremony.

Estonia’s Arvo Part was named composer of the year at Thursday’s event, hosted by Myleene Klass, while Il Divo were crowned artists of the decade.

Operatic quartet Il Divo were crowned artists of the decade at Thursday’s ceremony
Mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and trumpeter Alison Balsom – recipient of the best female artist prize – were among the performers.

Late composer John Barry, best known for his contributions to the James Bond films, was honoured posthumously with an outstanding contribution to music award.

I read it here.

The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra has selected the Oregon Symphony’s resident conductor, Gregory Vajda, as its music director and conductor. The HSO is located in Huntsville, Alabama, and is the oldest, continuously operating professional orchestra in the state, having started in 1955. According to the orchestra’s web site, Vajda’s selection was a unanimous decision.

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I sure hope he’s still coming to San Jose! (I continue to dream … I’d love to see him with Opera San José one of these years!)

I just received this notice:

JAMES LEVINE TO CANCEL ALL HIS APPEARANCES FOR THE 2011 TANGLEWOOD SEASON

James Levine has announced today that he will be withdrawing from all of his 2011 Tanglewood appearances on the advice of his doctors. This announcement is being made in conjunction with other cancellations announced by the Metropolitan Opera.
In early June, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will announce a new roster of conductors for the 2011 Tanglewood programs which were to be led by James Levine. The previously scheduled performance of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and cast of professional singers, which was to have taken place on July 25, will be replaced by a Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra program. Replacement conductors will be selected for the following programs:

I just received an email from a major symphony orchestra that includes this in its subject header EMBARGOED: [insert symphony orchestra's initials] 2011-12 Season Announcement. At the start of the message it says in bright red letters EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011

What I want to know is 1) why send it out today, then? and 2) are they going to hunt me down and break all my oboe reeds if I post it all today?

But yeah, I’ll follow rules. I’m a good girl, I am!

Philip Glass has founded (is founding?) a new music festival and it’s at Carmel’s Hidden Valley.

Philip Glass has founded (is founding?) a new music festival and it’s at Carmel’s Hidden Valley. Philip Glass has founded (is founding?) a new music festival and it’s at Carmel’s Hidden Valley. Yes. Philip Glass. And it’s near us San Francisco Bay Area folks. Philip Glass. Carmel Hidden Valley. Near San Francisco Bay Area. Yes. Philip Glass. And it’s near us San Francisco Bay Area folks. Carmel Hidden Valley. Yes. Philip Glass. And it’s near us San Francisco Bay Area folks. Philip Glass. Carmel Hidden Valley. Yes. Yes. Yes. Philip Glass has founded (is founding?) a new music festival and it’s at Carmel’s Hidden Valley. Yes. Philip Glass. And it’s near us San Francisco Bay Area folks. Philip Glass. Carmel Hidden Valley. Yes. Folks. Yes. Yes. Folks. Folks. Folks.

Okay … I promise to stop!

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I really think he should have an oboe blogger there. Don’t you? (Of course I probably just shot myself in the foot by blogging this as I have! Oh well. Everyone needs to have a sense of humor, don’t you think?)

The board of the 111-year-old Philadelphia Orchestra Saturday voted in favor of Chapter 11, sources say. Papers will be filed within hours or days in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, asking for reorganization, according to orchestra leaders.

The move makes the Philadelphia Orchestra the first major U.S. ensemble known to file for bankruptcy, according to orchestra industry groups and veteran observers.

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Read online:

The Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition, scheduled for March 2012, has been cancelled ‘due to the loss of crucial grants’.

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