Kyung Wha Chung took offence at a child coughing during her performance of Mozart’s Sonata In G. “Maybe bring her back when she’s older,” she scolded the parents from the stage. “With one shrivelling put-down, a tetchy atmosphere turned toxic.”
Category: music
Globalization’s Downside For New Music
“For all their strengths, new music festivals like Tanglewood or the Bang on a Can Marathon can’t attract the same sort of money (and therefore glamour and press attention) as the Whitney, São Paolo, or Venice biennials. Art, through the biennial, can become particularly symbolic of the flow of global capital—often concretely too, as works are bought and sold. Music, as a time-based art form rooted in experiences rather than in objects, cannot attract the same level of capital investment.”
Can The Atlanta Symphony Survive Its Downsizing?
“Questions remain, and not just about the evolution of the orchestra’s sound as things fall back into place. Can Atlanta pull together to sustain a world-class orchestra, or are we seeing an orchestra in retreat?”
San Diego Opera Was Nowhere Near Financial Collapse Last Season, Audit Shows
The company’s previous board and general director abruptly tried to shut down the company last spring, claiming that there was not money or local interest enough to keep it going. But the audited financial statements for that season show an operating deficit of $52,067 on operating expenses of $15.9 million – roughly one-sixth the deficit of the previous season.
Did This Guy Reinvigorate Music Education And Make It Viable?
“Two months on, the success, not to mention the sheer speed, of the campaign, is impressive. Over 6,000 instruments were handed in to the 700 Oxfam stores acting as collection points. The instruments were then matched to specific requests from 150 primary schools across the UK, and delivered by Yodel. Each school has received up to 20 appropriately-sized instruments.”
Tired Of The Same Old Christmas Music? Wait – This Is The Digital Age, And There’s An App For That
“We admire Pandora’s spirit of giving, but 28 choices may be a bit daunting. So to save you some trial and error, I have explored every single one of its options (listening to at least 10 songs on each station) and ranked them.”
Massachusetts Becomes First U.S. State To Fund El Sistema-Style Music Education
“The dozen or so organizations and schools receiving the first round of funding include the social service Kids 4 Harmony program in Pittsfield, Sistema Somerville and the Cape Conservatory in Hyannis.” (includes audio and video)
Turin’s Opera House Persuades Gianandrea Noseda Not To Quit As Music Director
“The agreement will keep Mr. Noseda – who has been enjoying a growing international reputation and who was just named the conductor of the year by the classical music publication Musical America – with a company he has been credited with elevating to a new level. And it offers some welcome news in what has been a rough year for opera in its birthplace, Italy.”
Musicians With Disabilities Talk About The Keys To Success
“Those with physical disabilities are bound to meticulous logistical planners of everything from accessible concert halls to transportation to bathrooms. And then there is discrimination, which shows up in subtle, and less than subtle, ways.”
Study: Immigrants Who Join Music Ensembles Better Integrate Into New Culture
“Programs providing young migrants with the opportunity to perform music within a larger, culturally heterogeneous group can be viewed as an effective intervention to encourage adaptation to mainstream culture,” writes a research team led by psychologist Emily Frankenberg of J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt.