Ken Matsuda (CSO viola) sent this notice from Japanese news about Junichi. Junichi Hirokami will be conducting the Mito Chamber Orchestra in Japan this week, May 28, 29, and 30 as a last minute replacement for the ailing Seiji Ozawa.…
Tidbit of Good News
In their meeting today, GCAC decided to table (for future consideration) the pending grant for the CSO instead of dropping it. A small step, but good news none the less!
Why Buzz Trafford has failed Columbus
On May 13, Drew McManus posted an article called Columbus’ Smoking Gun, with the most important points made yet about the Symphony crisis. (He referred back to it in a recent post, and it struck me as important to repeat…
To members of CSO board
“That’s what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end”. -Lise Hand
Troubling Rhetoric from CSO board chair
Mr. Robert “Buzz” Trafford and Mr. Tony Beadle were the guests for the first half hour of Fred Anderle’s 11 AM Open Line radio show on Thursday, May 22. The link to hear the archive of that is here. It…
Science supports value of CSO
May 22, 2008 To the Dispatch Editor: Although I am trained as a scientist, I write to argue that our community, indeed our society, can best be served by devoting more energy and funding to the arts. It is a…