February 8th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
In this Chicago Tribune profile of Deborah Rutter, President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, her job is summed up this way: …foremost, she must keep her audiences happy. This encompasses everyone from the students who sit in the gallery to the folks who pass their names on the donor...
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February 1st, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Steven Winn examines Ludovic Morlot’s new vision for the Seattle Symphony. Ludovic Morlot, the ebullient new 38-year-old music director of the Seattle Symphony, is making waves in his city, creating fresh pathways of connection between the orchestra and its community. According to a...
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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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