Media View
Media View summarizes published news and feature articles, press-related blog posts, and concert reviews most relevant to orchestra and arts industry professionals. (For submission guidelines, visit About The Hub).
Conductor Zinman looks to attract younger crowd to late-night concerts
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/18) Dominion Post (New Zealand), Tom Cardy writes, “Ask anyone in classical music and they’ll agree—it needs younger audiences. American David Zinman—one of the best conductors ...
Reversal: Opera News to continue reviewing Met after all
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In Wednesday’s (5/23) New York Times, Daniel J. Wakin reports, “The Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday backed away from its decision to bar reviews of its productions in Opera News, its affiliated magazine ...
Modesto Symphony board gives $30K in matching funds for new donors
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/22) Modesto Bee (California), Lisa Millegan Renner writes, “In an attempt to recoup $200,000 in lost corporate and foundation donations, the Modesto Symphony Orchestra has launched ...
New Kimmel Center lease reduces Philadelphia Orchestra’s rent
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Tuesday (3/22) on the Philadelphia Inquirer online, Peter Dobrin writes, “In further progress toward a new lease agreement, leaders of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and Kimmel Center Inc. have signed ...
Chicago Symphony’s piano fest offers new perspectives on familiar instrument
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In Wednesday’s (5/23) Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein writes, “Music festivals typically invite listeners to regard familiar pieces in different contexts and perspectives, seek out musical connections between scores, and discover new things about works they may have long taken for granted. That is as good a capsule description as any of the intentions behind the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ...
Obituary: St. Louis Symphony bassist and diversity advocate Joe Kleeman, 82
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/20) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Michael D. Sorkin writes, “When Joe Kleeman joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as a bass player in 1958, the audience saw a stage filled almost exclusively ...
Project Trio brings a lighter attitude to classical virtuosity
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
In Monday’s (5/21) Wall Street Journal, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim writes, “Eric Stephenson sits in a basement studio near Brooklyn’s Manhattan Bridge Overpass, demonstrating how to slaughter a chicken ...
Amateur musicians and other creative types bring seriousness to craft
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/20) Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kate Taylor writes, “By day, Christina Wolf is the chief economist for the British Columbia Securities Commission. By night, the 42-year-old violinist is a dedicated ...
Opera News to stop reviewing Metropolitan Opera
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/22) New York Times, Daniel J. Wakin reports, “Opera News, 76 years old and one of the leading classical music magazines in the country, said on Monday that it would stop reviewing the Metropolitan Opera ...
Music director search anchors Sarasota Orchestra’s 2012-13 season
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/20) Bradenton Herald (Florida), Wade Tatangelo writes, “Striking blonde Anu Tali, a rock star of sorts in the world of classical music, could be the next artistic director of the Sarasota Orchestra. ...
Pacific Symphony makes appearance on Diablo III video game soundtrack
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Friday (5/18) on the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster, Jamie Wetherbe writes, “The Pacific Symphony performs music for an unlikely audience—gamers battling the hellish underworlds of Diablo III. The symphony teamed up with Irvine-based game developer Blizzard Entertainment, known for the Warcraft and Starcraft franchises, for the long-awaited third installment ...
Western classical music takes hold in Delhi, India
Monday, 21 May 2012
Thursday (5/17) on the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster, Jason Kehe reports from Delhi, India, “When Gavin Martin and his family moved here from southern India in the early ’70s, the country’s capital ...
Charleston-area community orchestras face similar challenges to pros
Monday, 21 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/20) Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), Bill Thompson writes, “For community orchestras, it is not simply a matter of filling the artistic gaps. They exist at least as much for part-time musicians ...
Louisiana Philharmonic announces 2012-13 season
Monday, 21 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/20) Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Chris Waddington writes, “It’s helpful to know the repertoire of a blues, folk or jazz group, but if you club hop, what you really need is a little background ...
Clarinetist, concertmaster bid adieu to Memphis Symphony
Monday, 21 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/18) Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), Jon W. Sparks writes, “This weekend’s performances of ‘Carmina Burana’ by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will be a farewell for one of ...
Florida Orchestra’s Fredrickson named head of Librarians’ Association
Monday, 21 May 2012
“Ella Fredrickson has an awesome range of musical knowledge,” writes John Fleming in Sunday’s (5/20) Tampa Bay Times (Florida). “As principal librarian of the Florida Orchestra, it’s her job to know the scores ...
Los Angeles Philharmonic forms broadcast partnership with U.K.’s Classic FM
Monday, 21 May 2012
Friday (5/18) on the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster, Jamie Wetherbe reports, “The Los Angeles Philharmonic will launch its first international radio broadcast partnership with England’s largest classical music station. The agreement with Classic FM announced Friday includes a 14-part concert series of recorded concerts under the name ‘Live with the L.A. Phil,’ broadcast Fridays starting June 1. ...
“Mahler on the Couch” portrays composer’s meeting with Freud
Friday, 18 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/18) New York Times, David DeWitt writes, “Sigmund Freud is having a good stretch on screen as a therapist to fin-de-siècle stars. … In the German film ‘Mahler on the Couch,’ Freud treats the composer ...
Arts Council England awards £30 million to arts groups to develop fundraising capacity
Friday, 18 May 2012
Thursday (5/17) on The Stage, Natalie Woolman writes, “Arts Council England has announced awards to venues including the Palace Theatre Watford, Hackney Empire and Sadler’s Wells worth a total ...
Melbourne Symphony names Davis chief conductor
Friday, 18 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/18) The Age (Australia), Robin Usher writes, “One of the world’s greatest conductors, Sir Andrew Davis, is poised to take over as chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony, which has been ...
Mansfield Symphony taps Hong as new music director
Friday, 18 May 2012
In Thursday’s (5/17) Mansfield News Journal (Ohio), Jami Kinton writes, “Thomas Hong said he looks for more than just musical talent in the orchestras he conducts. ‘The most important thing is the chemistry ...
House Ways and Means Committee hearing raises questions on nonprofit status
Friday, 18 May 2012
In Wednesday’s (5/16) Chronicle of Philanthropy, Ben Gose reports on Wednesday’s “hearing held by the House Ways and Means Committee. The wide-ranging hearing, the first in a series of sessions ...
Peoria Symphony, musicians have new union contract
Friday, 18 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/18) Peoria Journal Star (Illinois), Gary Panetta writes, “The Peoria Symphony Orchestra’s board and the orchestra’s unionized musicians signed their first union contract Thursday. The contract between the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria Federation of Musicians Local 26 was signed at the Peoria Symphony board’s regular meeting, said David Hoffman ...
Copenhagen Philharmonic’s flash-mob “Peer Gynt” goes viral
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Wednesday (5/16) on the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster, Chris Barton writes, “Oh, Copenhagen. You brought us the Midcentury furniture designs that make ‘Mad Men’ an interior decorator’s dream ...
Dutoit bids Philadelphia Orchestra temporary adieu after four artistically vital years
Thursday, 17 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/13) Philadelphia Inquirer, David Patrick Stearns writes about the conclusion of Charles Dutoit’s time as chief conductor at the Philadelphia Orchestra. “After visiting for more than 30 years—as guest conductor ...
House Oversight Subcommittee examines tax-exempt status of nonprofits
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Wednesday (5/16) on the Nonprofit Times site, Joann M. Weiner writes, “At a time when many nonprofits are seeing an increased demand for services amid government deficits at all levels, organizations are under ...
Pacific Symphony’s first “plazacast” to feature Beethoven’s Ninth
Thursday, 17 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/15) Orange County Register (California), Timothy Mangan writes, “The Pacific Symphony is offering its first-ever ‘plazacast’ on June 2, a live simulcast performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 ...
Sacramento Philharmonic meets fundraising goal to stay afloat
Thursday, 17 May 2012
In Wednesday’s (5/16) Sacramento Bee (California), Edward Ortiz writes, “The Sacramento Philharmonic reached its goal of raising $150,000 by a self-imposed May 15 deadline, persuading the organization’s board of directors to vote Tuesday evening to keep the orchestra operating through the 2012-13 season. ‘We’re very happy in the way the community has stepped up, so we are moving full speed ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago dips into reserves, balances books
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/15) Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein writes, “Lyric Opera of Chicago continues to ride above the economic turbulence that is buffeting so many of the nation’s other not-for-profit performing ...
San Diego researchers and Youth Symphony study music’s impact on brain development
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Monday (5/14) on the news site Voice of San Diego, Kelly Bennett writes, “The screeches of novice violinists are catching the attention of a group of San Diego brain and development scientists. A new study ...
Grand Rapids Symphony honors former First Lady Ford with two premieres
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
In Monday’s (5/14) Grand Rapids Press (Michigan), Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk writes, “Grand Rapids Symphony’s going out with a bang. Dancing girls, blazing brass and a salute to Former First Lady Betty Ford closes ...
Dallas Symphony reports positive financial trends
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/15) Dallas Morning News, Michael Granberry reports, “The Dallas Symphony Orchestra changed course Monday, reversing its decision in early April to stop looking for a new CEO. That search is back on ...
Brown set to conclude highly successful run with Alabama Symphony
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/13) Birmingham News (Alabama), Michael Huebner writes, “After six years at the helm of the Alabama Symphony, Justin Brown is set to embark on his final concerts as music director. He will end his tenure the same way he started before he took the job—with a Mahler symphony and by conducting from the keyboard in a Mozart piano concerto. … While in Birmingham, he has raised ...
Toronto’s Royal Conservatory thriving on innovation, Carnegie partnership
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In Monday’s (5/14) Globe and Mail (Toronto), Robert Everett-Green writes, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? If you’re running the Royal Conservatory of Music, you go to New York, pitch a well-tested ...
Memphis Symphony’s drum circles as grief-counseling tool
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In a Sunday (5/13) Associated Press article, Cindy Wolff writes about the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s work at grief counseling centers for children. “Through grants and a program called HealthyRHYTHMS ...
Berkeley Symphony announces 2012-13 season, extends Carneiro’s contract
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/15) Contra Costa Times (California), Sue Gilmore writes, “The Berkeley Symphony, which has just extended music director Joana Carneiro’s contract for five more years, has announced ...
Sydney Symphony appoints Robertson new chief conductor
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In Tuesday’s (5/15) Australian, Tom Douglas writes, “The newly appointed chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will bring ‘groundbreaking’ digital initiatives to the role when he takes ...
Detroit Symphony-Kid Rock collaboration raises $1 million, breaks stereotypes
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In Monday’s (5/14) Detroit Free Press, Mark Stryker writes, “Now that my ears have finally stopped ringing after Saturday night’s explosive collaboration of Kid Rock and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Fox Theatre, I want to put an exclamation point on a truly extraordinary night for the orchestra. The concert sold out the 5,000-seat theater and raised $1 million ...
Concert Review: Alabama and New Jersey symphonies at Spring for Music
Monday, 14 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) New York Times, Anthony Tommasini reviews two of the six orchestras that appeared at Carnegie Hall last week....
Obituary: Jack Benaroya, 90
Monday, 14 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) Seattle Times Eric Pryne reports the death of real-estate developer and philanthropist Jack Benaroya....
Van Cliburn auction: music and memories
Monday, 14 May 2012
In Sunday’s (5/13) Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tim Madigan reports, “On Thursday in New York, Christie’s will auction more than 150 pieces of jewelry, silver, English and Continental furniture, and one particularly noteworthy Steinway grand piano ...
China’s booming orchestra scene
Monday, 14 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) China Daily (Beijing), Mu Qian writes that China “has the world’s fastest-growing symphonic scene. It possesses the third-largest number of symphony orchestras, after the United States and Germany ...
Cuban maestro Perez Mesa makes U.S. debut with Florida Orchestra
Monday, 14 May 2012
“A little musical and geopolitical history was made Friday night when Enrique Perez Mesa, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, made his U.S. debut not far from the historic cigar factory districts that constitute some of the deepest ties between the two countries...
Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestras to become Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras
Monday, 14 May 2012
“After 35 years, the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestras, an educational enterprise involving multiple ensembles, will officially dissolve on Aug. 31, to reemerge on Sept. 1 as the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras,” writes Tim Smith on Sunday (5/13) in his Clef Notes blog in the Baltimore Sun.…
Concert Review: New York Philharmonic makes Disney Hall debut
Friday, 11 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) Los Angeles Times, Mark Swed writes, “The New York Philharmonic became one of the last of the world’s most important orchestras to finally perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall ...
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Gupta performs for homeless and mentally ill
Friday, 11 May 2012
Thursday (5/10) on Venice MarVista Patch (California), Paul Chavez writes, “Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Robert Gupta will perform classical music for the city’s homeless and mentally ill Wednesday ...
Princeton Symphony to premiere Kirkland Snider’s “Disquiet”
Friday, 11 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) Times of Trenton (New Jersey), Ross Amico writes, “The Princeton Symphony Orchestra gets reflective for its final concert of the 2011-2012 season. Presented under the title ...
Alabama Symphony’s rise culminates with Spring for Music appearance
Friday, 11 May 2012
In Friday’s (5/11) Birmingham News (Alabama), Michael Huebner writes, “A palpable buzz spread through Carnegie Hall Thursday night, not only from more than 700 people who traveled from Birmingham ...
Waterbury Symphony launches El Sistema-inspired program
Friday, 11 May 2012
In Wednesday’s (5/9) Republican-American (Waterbury, Connecticut; subscription required), Brynn Mandel writes, “From Venezuela to Baltimore to Waterbury’s Children’s Community School, a model ...
Detroit Symphony hopes to raise $1 million from Kid Rock collaboration
Friday, 11 May 2012
In an Associated Press story published Friday (5/11) on Huffington Post, Jeff Karoub writes, “This time last year, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was about a month removed from a contentious musicians’ strike that worsened its already strained finances. Now, the rebounding organization aims to raise the roof—and hopefully $1 million—with help from a hometown musician known more ...
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