“The rise and fall of the Dixie Chicks, with its extreme highs and lows, seems practically scripted for maximum drama.”
Category: music
Will Prince’s Paisley Park Become Something Like A Sexier, Funkier Graceland?
“Prince was already working on making it a museum, gathering memorabilia from his career, including his motorcycle from ‘Purple Rain.'”
Music Teacher: The Way We Teach Music In Schools Is Wrong. Here’s A Better Way
“I would like to suggest here that perhaps the perfect example of the skill set required of a reenvisioned music teacher can be seen in the life of a music producer. These professionals are part musician, part technician, part guidance counselor and part magician for the artists that they work with.”
James Conlon Diagnoses The Orchestra World
“We have a great paradox in America. I would say we have more great orchestras, certainly among the greatest opera companies and we have conservatories where we’re producing an extraordinary level of students. A far higher level than when I was in conservatory. We have an extraordinary supply. What has atrophied is the demand. I’m not talking about music education for professionals. I’m talking about music as a part of everybody’s education.”
Allan Kozinn: What A Spiked Review Says About The State Of Arts Coverage Today
“The sequence of events and their timing, as well as the correspondence, tell us a lot about how criticism is perceived in the current journalistic ecology. It also shows us to whom editors – or at least, one editor – feel beholden, and shockingly, it is not his writer or, by extension, the readers who expect to find reviews of major productions shortly after they open.”
This Violinist Spent A Month Playing Free Pop-Up Bach Concerts With No Promotion Whatsoever (And It Was A Raging Success)
Michelle Ross: “A lot of times we talk about outreach in classical music: ‘How can we break whatever preconceptions people might have? How can we bring classical music to people who aren’t exposed to it?’ This concept of outreach is really important, but I think labeling it as outreach can sometimes make us feel like we have to explain ourselves or we have to explain the music. And I firmly disagree with that.” (Q&A with video clips)
Jaap Van Zweden Renews In His Other Job, An 8,040-Mile Commute From The New York Philharmonic
The Dutch conductor, who finishes at the Dallas Symphony and starts at the New York Philharmonic in 2018, has extended his contract as music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic through 2021-22.
How A Rural Community Orchestra Held It Together Through The Australian Floods
James Harvey, principal tuba of the Lismore Symphony in northern New South Wales, recounts how he and his fellows braved downpours, gales, and a building evacuation to perform for hundreds of appreciative small-town listeners.
Omaha Symphony Posts Record Attendance, Ticket Sales
And “symphony officials say subscription ticket sales for next season are 8 percent higher than they were on this date last year. Subscription revenue is up 9 percent so far. The fastest growth is in the Rocks and Movie Music series.”
How Technology Is Shaking Up Classical Music
“What changes does the new digital technology reflect or enable? Conversations with some of classical music’s most passionate advocates of the gadgets and with developers like forScore and Tonara that write applications for them reveal a number of developments. The traditional top-down structure of teaching has been shaken loose. “