Brought to you by the League of American Orchestras http://hub.americanorchestras.org Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409481 Musicians from the Amman Symphony Orchestra in Jordan are collecting 5,000 signatures for an online petition to save their ensemble from folding due to proposed government budget cuts. The orchestra is ... Wed, 16 May 2012 16:01:19 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409480 With the accelerating pace of technological change, the League posts a monthly summary of relevant news and information regarding changes, trends, and developments that may affect the electronic ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:58:46 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409479 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 ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:56:58 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409478 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 ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:30 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409477 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 ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:04 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409476 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 ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:05 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545#409475 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... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:27 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409474 The Sistema Fellows Program at New England Conservatory has announced the names of the ten musicians—eight women and two men—who will enter the fourth class of its postgraduate program ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:06 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409473 The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced that DAVID COUCHERON, its concertmaster since September 2010, was named recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair at the orchestra’s ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:45 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409472 KATHLEEN BUTERA has been appointed executive director of Chicago Chamber Musicians, effective August 1, 2012. She has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit arts management, having ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:17:33 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409471 IMG Artists in New York City has announced the appointment of GERALD J. (JERRY) INZERILLO as president and CEO. In accordance with a new business model recently unveiled by IMGA partners ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:16:44 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409470 ALEXANDER HANNA has been named to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s David and Mary Green Principal Bass chair, effective June 4, 2012. He is currently principal bass of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:29 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409469 The League has partnered with BoardSource to create the Board of Directors Self-Assessment Tool for Orchestra Boards. This online, confidential survey is a customized questionnaire that ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:11:43 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409468 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 ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:09:34 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409467 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 ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:07:44 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409466 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 ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:06:35 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409465 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 ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:03:39 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120515#409464 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... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:01:51 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120514#409463 For the third annual Rapido! Composition Contest, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is inviting composers to submit chamber-music compositions between four and six minutes in length. The registration deadline for the contest is June 1....  Mon, 14 May 2012 16:28:44 +0100 http://hub.americanorchestras.org/index.php?option=com_daily_view&Itemid=1545&date=20120514#409462 In Friday’s (5/11) New York Times, Anthony Tommasini reviews two of the six orchestras that appeared at Carnegie Hall last week.... Mon, 14 May 2012 16:26:31 +0100