I have fond memories of performing this piece with Alessandro Siciliani (It doesn’t get any more Italian than that!) and the Columbus Symphony in 1995. The audience seemed to like it, too. This recording was on cassette tape, so the…
Columbus Symphony Website Up in Review
Adaptistration 2009 Orchestra Website Review: Special Recognition Awards Plus The Best and Worst Of 2009 Columbus Symphony increased 39 positions That sounds like a good thing. A lot of science goes into this rating. So pay attention! Go Columbus Symphony…
Beethoven 9
We had two rehearsals yesterday for the upcoming Columbus Symphony Orchestra concerts this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 and 11. Gunther Herbig is his usual refined and somewhat austere self. It’s hard to believe he’s in his…
Arts run like a business??
Artful Manager. Great blog by Andrew Taylor of Arts Journal. For four decades now, nonprofit arts and culture organizations have focused on a corporate ideal. Using the mantras of for-profit America–effectiveness, efficiency, professionalism, best practices, change management, accountability–a generation of…
A Brave new iTune?
In a Columbus Dispatch interview, Impresario with an iPhone, Rolland Valliere, the new CEO and President of the Columbus Symphony, has fresh ideas for how orchestras can compete in the crowded entertainment world. I wish we could give everyone a…
Maestro. Lead by Listening.
Roger Nierenberg’s book, Maestro. As the creator of The Music Paradigm, a unique program that invites executives to sit inside an orchestra rehearsal, renowned conductor Roger Nierenberg has shown thousands of people how to “lead by listening,” improve teamwork, and…