January 27th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
The National Endowment for the Arts blog, Art Works, has an interesting interview with Meredith Monk this week. Over her nearly five-decade career, she’s constantly found ways to re-invent and re-imagine her performances—mixing music, movement and visuals by working “in between the...
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January 20th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Malcolm Lowe is concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Tanglewood Music Center and the New England Conservatory of Music. We had the chance to sit down with him in December during the BSO’s visit to San Francisco.
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January 13th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
So often it seems arts organizations take a “build it and they will come” attitude towards innovation. If you get lucky, you’ll build exactly the type of experience that a new audience (or an existing one) will want… but too many times a new programming idea falls flat after...
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January 10th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Creativity in the orchestral world can be kind of a black box. As an audience member, the only preparation you often get for a new piece is the notation “World Premiere” next to a piece’s title in the program. Very people know an actual composer, and indeed this type of creative...
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