November 1st, 2011 by Beth Hondl
Steven Winn, co-moderator of our live events in San Francisco, examines one particular part of the classical music concert ritual — the entrance. Who exactly should we be applauding for? I knew there was something I liked about the Mariinsky Orchestra filing onstage together at Berkeley’s...
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October 26th, 2011 by Beth Hondl
Another video from our live “Talking About Community” event on Sunday: Afa Sadykhly Dworkin, VP/Artistic Director of the Sphinx Organization and Amos Yang, Assistant Principal Cellist, San Francisco Symphony, and alumnus, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, in conversation with...
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September 28th, 2011 by Beth Hondl
Steven Winn, arts journalist and critic, will be co-moderating our live events in San Francisco. In this post, he explores the nature of this under-taking and summarizes the American Orchestra Forum’s ultimate goal. “It’s not settled answers we’re after, but questions, even...
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September 28th, 2011 by Beth Hondl
In this post, Steven Winn — arts journalist, critic and co-moderator of our live events in San Francisco — explores some of the questions we’ll be asking as part of the American Orchestra Forum. Try talking about this topic without mentioning technology in the first 30 seconds....
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September 27th, 2011 by Beth Hondl
What’s on your iPod? We know it’s not just the classical warhorses. Here Steven Winn — arts journalist, critic and co-moderator of our live events in San Francisco — poses some of the questions we’ll be asking about creativity as part of the American Orchestra Forum. ...
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