Here’s the YouTube preview of Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony’s new CD release of Music for a Time of War. This PentaTone recording hit the Classical Billboard chart in its first week!
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Herbie Hancock & Revisit of Jazz Violin Concerto
Audio link: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Routenberg: Concerto For Jazz Violin and Orchestra 1. Blue Reel Glenn Basham, violin Michael Krajewski, conductor Naples Philharmonic Thank you, Herbie Hancock, for performing with the Oregon Symphony and inspiring me to revisit a concerto that I commissioned! I admire musicians like Hancock who stretch their…
Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey
Just heard that Rick Steves, that famous American traveler who is frequently on public television, will partner with the Cascade Symphony in Edmonds, WA for a symphonic journey that is sure to be enjoyable. What a great idea! But it gets better. The performances will be filmed, edited and aired on public television. The resulting…
Chamber Music Northwest- In the Works Review July 8
My In the Works review for July 8, as guest blogger for Chamber Music Northwest is now posted here, typos and all. I urge you to attend these fabulous coaching sessions- and they are free to the public.
Video Production Innovation: San Francisco Symphony
As some of you know, I am a big fan of YouTube videos and the use of multimedia to promote orchestras and the performing arts in general. While there are sound reasons why some American orchestras do not have much video presence online, it greatly annoys me that when I type and search for “Oregon…
From Oregon Bach to Chamber Music Northwest…
I spent a lovely twelve days in Eugene participating at the Oregon Bach Festival. The friendly and social vibe there made for pleasant connection and reconnection with people. For example, it was great to see oboist extraordinaire, Allan Vogel and his wife, flutist Janice Tipton at OBF. I knew Allan when I was a masters…
Play-violin.com Interview: Amy Schwartz Moretti
Former Oregon Symphony concertmaster Amy Schwartz Moretti has been keeping very busy since leaving Portland in 2007 to become Director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music. Earlier this year, Moretti released her debut solo CD entitled Kaleidoscope in 2011. Her elegant and refined violin playing…