“Three Strikes and you’re OUT!”
An interesting blog in the NYT by David Lang (one of the founders of Bang on a Can) making an analogy to Baseball and Classical music. I posted a response […]
Tag Archives: Orchestra
Performance: IU Southeast Orchestra – Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
If you’re reading this it’s because I’ve set this to auto-post as I will be performing with the IU Southeast Orchestra. We’re performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Majoras […]
“…he has no European blood in his veins to make sense of our European repertoire…”
The quote in the title is from a comment made by a poster to a recent article in Slate about the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s current search for a new conductor […]
Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: The Cello in Arabic Orchestras
This week’s installment of the Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello will focus on the cello in Arabic Orchestras. Stringed instruments have long been part of Middle Eastern art ensembles. […]
Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: Chinese Cellos
In China, there have been many attempts at creating variations on the cello (and bass) to fill out the string section of traditional Chinese Orchestras. The èrhú (二胡), an ancient […]
