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These are the most recent articles mentioning "music director"
Posted 02/27/08, 05:11
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erto has brought me to three corners of the US in a short few weeks. The Key West Symphony in Florida, did a wonderful performance with their dynamic music director, Sebrina Alfonso. The players hail from across the US, and I made many new friends. Key West has some beautiful streets to walk through...
Posted 01/17/08, 12:57
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a. Perhaps it is karma; I should make sure to book Rach 3 the same weekend every year! I am indeed excited about this collaboration with David Stahl, music director for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. It is actually Stuart Malina, music director now of the Harrisburg Symphony (and one of my best ...
Posted 10/21/07, 11:43
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s with excellent orchestras to perform it.The Columbus Symphony in Georgia is one of 18 orchestras that co-commissioned the new concerto. I met their music director, George Del Gobbo in Lake Forest, IL in the mid-1990s. We performed the 'Rach 3' (Rachmaninov's Third Concerto), and stayed in contact ...
Posted 10/13/07, 19:35
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ce things about their conductor, Henry Charles Smith. Although we had not had the pleasure to work together, I was able to connect with their current music director, Delta David Gier. I initially met Maestro Gier in Bridgeport, CT, when he was assisting his teacher, Gustav Meier. We kept our contact...
Posted 02/08/07, 17:55
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as one of the 18 co-commissioning orchestras. It's the official European premiere. Too bad this is his last season--I only hope the orchestra and new music director will remember me. No--I wasn't about to stay at the hotel and forego the concert.After getting lost a few times, I spotted the Stadthea...
Posted 03/15/07, 02:44
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Sometimes your heart is into it, and other times, well, you just go through the motions. We had a tough week for the orchestra last week. Our ex-Music Director was engaged for a guest appearance. A few years ago the orchestra and board were deeply divided over whether to keep him on as music di...
Posted 02/26/06, 17:24
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s as an orchestral player, I've never been this optimistic about my career. Four years ago I was chosen to be on the search committee to choose a new music director of my orchestra. The music director is much more than a conductor, especially in the US. He not only shapes the musical product of the ...
Posted 12/23/05, 03:54
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ion just as I had in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, one of my colleagues here, a certain flutist who has since moved away, complained about it to the music director. So he called me into his office and sat me down. He looked like a proud father. I was confused. He smiled at me and told me he underst...
Posted 10/15/05, 06:57
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d great music making. There can be no dissenters in the wave of concentration required to mold a cohesive instrument out of 75 independent voices.Our Music Director search concluded with the choice of Junichi Hirokami, whose incredible musical gifts and charisma won unanimous support from the orches...
Posted 06/16/05, 20:59
My orchestra just took some substantial cuts in salary. At the same time, we are searching for a new music director to lead us into a new era. I am on the search committee for the new music director. I never imagined how difficult it would be.When I became a musician, I thought the music world would...
Posted 08/31/08, 03:16
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performance telling me they were turned away for parking and missed the concert.The conductor for tonight’s concert was Alessandro Siciliani, who was Music Director of the Columbus Symphony for 12 years. He certainly has an avid following, and the electricity of a live performance is most definitely...
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