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Opinion: lack of economic privilege and opportunity exclude emerging classical musicians
“In our field of Western classical music, we often set the expectation with young musicians that if they are just talented enough, hard-working enough, or entrepreneurial enough, they will...
July 8, 2022
Chicago: experimental cello capital of the world?
“Ishmael Ali wears many musical hats: composer, guitarist (in the bands Je’raf and Errata) and co-founder of a recording space,” writes Hannah Edgar in last Tuesday’s (6/28) Chicago Tribune....
July 8, 2022
Ravinia Festival cancels concerts through July 10 in response to Highland Park mass shooting
“The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park announced Wednesday it would cancel shows through Sunday in response to the mass shooting at the downtown parade on Monday, saying the closing...
July 7, 2022
Billings Symphony and Billings Youth Orchestra to merge
“The Billings Symphony will acquire the Billings Youth Orchestra (BYO) effective July 1, 2022, renaming the nonprofit the Billings Symphony Youth Orchestra,” states an unsigned article in last Thursday’s...
July 7, 2022
Jacksonville Symphony looks ahead—and back, at its “season of firsts”
“The Jacksonville Symphony has just concluded our glorious 2021-22 season, and we could not be happier,” writes Steven Libman, president and CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony in last Sunday’s...
July 7, 2022
Violinist Gabriela Lara appointed first Chicago Symphony Orchestra fellow
“The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has announced violinist Gabriela Lara as the first winner of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Fellowship,” states an unsigned article in Monday’s (7/4) Strad...
July 7, 2022
Obituary: Martin C. Dreiwitz, founder of the Long Island Youth Orchestra, 91
“Martin C. Dreiwitz, who drew on his twin passions for travel and classical music to found the globe-trotting Long Island Youth Orchestra, conducting his student musicians before audiences as...
July 7, 2022
Mutual admiration: Detroit Symphony and Music Director Jader Bignamini
“It’s hard to pin down exactly when Jader Bignamini cemented his bond with Detroit,” writes Brian McCollum in Sunday’s (7/3) Detroit Free Press. “For the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s music...
July 6, 2022
Baltimore Symphony’s summer BSO Academy for adult musicians returns
“The performance will begin something like this: The ‘A’ note of an oboe will sound out on stage at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall,” writes Mary Carole McCauley in...
July 6, 2022
National Symphony Orchestra records Beethoven, Copland, Dvořák, Walker, with plans for more
“The DC area has a proud tradition of homegrown, do-it-yourself record labels: Dischord, Teen-Beat, Sister Polygon, and many more. New to that list: the National Symphony Orchestra,” writes Rob...
July 6, 2022
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