hannaviolin wrote a blog for non-musicians who are curious about what the process is to get a job in a symphony orchestra. I still don’t know her real name, but evidently she is a well-trained musician who studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music (my alma mater) with Linda Cerone and William Preucil. What she…
Okay, I should be practicing Walton’s Partita for Orchestra, but I need to say a few things about the current Dancing with the Stars which performed its first classical night. 1) Classical music on primetime television with a 46-piece orchestra? YES! Even if it’s the greatest hits. Do you know how rare it is to…
With the Oregon Symphony’s Carnegie Hall debut performance approaching May 12, my thoughts turn to New York City. At one point in my life I thought that my violin career would begin in the Big Apple. Although it did not happen, I do wonder what it would be like. I especially wonder how anyone can…