I met Bob and Pat through email exchanges after one of my mass email letters. They attended both my recitals and have contributed enthusiastically to the brainstorming about or Symphony crisis. Pat is presently an active volunteer in two WACSO…
In the past two seasons, Jon Kimura Parker has performed as guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the…
Adaptistration, an orchestra management blog by Drew McManus, posted a fine analysis of what is shaping up as the Symphony board’s real plan for our Orchestra. Find it here.
Most of you may know the distressing news by now; the CSO board and management has canceled the lucrative summer Picnic with the Pops series, citing lack of funds. It should be known that the Summer Pops pays for itself…
Robert Muczynski’s 1984 Time Pieces were written for Mitchell Lurie. Movt. 3 is a breezy, lilting a,b,a scherzando; the 4th movt. gives the clarinet center stage with a long opening cadenza, which then leads into a rollicking, jagged molto allegro,…
Robert Muczynski’s 1984 Time Pieces, written for Mitchell Lurie, starts with a ragtime sounding theme built on large skips in the first movement; the second movement has a moody, Gregorian chant like melody, developed to very un-Gregorian passion. Muczynski’s music…