“At the beginning of March, when I moved out to Boise from Seattle to become the new Executive Director of the Boise Phil, I was preparing myself for the toughness of change, the steep learning curve of a new job and the loneliness of figuring out how to live in a new city,” writes Laura Reynolds in Wednesday’s (5/6) New Music Box. “This pandemic has taken most of that away…. There is so much to observe and process during This Time…. After this is over, we must ask ourselves, what ideas do we champion? … How can we help our community heal? … What if ‘community engagement’ was the job of the institution and not the job of one department? … One of the cultural shocks I’ve experienced moving to Boise is the sheer abundance of kindness and warmth that the [Boise Philharmonic] team shares with each other. Our musicians have started to send each other little gifts of food or wine or plants, especially to folks who are living alone, just to show that they are thinking of each other. The board practices this too… It’s moving, it’s infectious, and we should always do this, not just in This Time.”
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