“The San Diego Symphony won unanimous approval Tuesday to move forward with a $25 million, 10,000-seat waterfront concert venue on San Diego Bay. … Instead of a stage that must be set up and torn down each summer, the permanent facility would include a 4,800-square-foot stage large enough to house all the symphony musicians and covered by an acoustic bandshell.”
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Vinyl Records May Be Cool, But From A Practical Listening Experience, C’Mon…
Uncool as CDs may be to a swath of music consumers these days, they retain certain advantages over vinyl. Analog purists can talk about ineffable “warmth” all they like, but CDs reproduce perfect digital sound every time across a far wider frequency range.
Just How Does This Jazz Festival Regularly Attract 100s Of Thousands Of Screaming Young Fans?
Now in its 12th year, the Jarasum Jazz Festival regularly draws between 200,000 and 250,000 people over three days. Jarasum estimates that 88 percent of its 2015 audience was under age 40. To put this demographic in perspective, the numbers are basically flipped at the Newport Jazz Festival, where a 2012 survey found that 82 percent of its audience is over age 45.
Is This Woman The CBSO’s Next Music Director?
Following a hastily arranged but triumphant concert last Sunday, Christopher Morley says that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, currently assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is leading the pack to become the next successor to Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo, and Andris Nelsons at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
New York City Opera Reorganization Plan Gets Final Approval
“The group taking over the company, NYCO Renaissance, hopes to use the City Opera name by next week, when it plans to present Puccini’s Tosca on Jan. 20-24 at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. … The plan calls for putting on annual seasons.”
The Most-ofs Of Classical Music In 2015
The busiest orchestra in the world last year was the Chicago Symphony. This annual list also names the busiest conductor, the most-played composers, most-performed operas and other records.
Years Of Abuse Alleged At Boys’ Choir Led By Pope Benedict’s Brother
“The allegations were reported by an attorney, Ulrich Weber, who had been hired by the Diocese of Regensburg last year to investigate claims of abuse at the Regensburger Domspatzen choir and two feeder schools between 1953 and 1992. … Benedict’s brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, conducted the historic choir from 1964 to 1994.”
How Did The South Steal Americana Music?
How were the many other traditions Americans might have looked to as their musical roots, a rich seedbed and nearly lost cause I will describe later, trampled or left untended as Southern traditions — both African-American and Anglo-European — spread like Miracle-Gro magnolias? These questions have been nagging me.”
Hartford Symphony Musicians Reject Management’s Latest Offer
“Voting in a secret ballot, musicians with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Thursday unanimously rejected the latest management proposal of wage cuts. … Both sides said they are willing to continue negotiating.”
David Bowie Created His Last Album And Final Video As A Carefully Planned Finale
“David Bowie’s final record was a carefully-orchestrated farewell to his fans, his producer has confirmed. Lazarus, released on the Bowie’s 69th birthday just two days before his death, opens with the lyrics: ‘Look up here, I’m in Heaven!'”