One commenter on my post Today’s Dispatch Article is worth quoting, not so much for his comment, but for the passionate response from Cameron Kopf, a “professional horn player throughout Northern California”, in his own words. Both are long comments,…
David Lundberg’s Wisdom, Urging Passion
David Lundberg was educated as a musician at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. In business in Dallas, he founded the Charter Group, a property and casualty insurance conglomerate whose customer friendly and principle-rather-than-policy driven practices were significant in…
Today’s Dispatch Article
Korine Fujiwara, a violinist with the orchestra, responded appropriately to the hypocritical attack on Junichi Hirokami by Tony Beadle in today’s Dispatch. While it is common for a Music Director to “jet set” from city to city to make a…
Make it Everyone’s Orchestra!
I excerpted the following from a letter posted on Symphony Strong by Tim Veach, Artistic Director Columbus Dance Theatre. He proposes the heretical idea of a culture tax for Columbus. When you think about the numbers: small tax of $50/year/household…
Saturday’s Spectacular Concert
It’s amazing what a group of people can do in a short time when they put their collective mind to it. In the past two weeks the musicians, shut out by their own board and management, went into action and…
From Doug Fisher, President, Cent. OH Musician Union
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: This weekend’s concerts were a great success! Special thanks are in order to Jim Akins and Jonquil Tanner as co-chairs of the Concert Committee along with all other members of that committee. A great deal of…