“More than 200 Peking Opera performers, musicians and artisans live in the New York metropolitan area, according to officials at several local cultural organizations. Like Mr. Fang, the vast majority trained and performed in China. And also like him, they now labor in virtual anonymity—many in nail salons.”
Category: music
Streaming Is Destroying Everything Good About Music – And Dating
“Now that we all share the same record collection, music snobs have no means to recognize one another. We cannot flip through a binder of CDs and see a new friend, a potential date. By making it perfectly easy to find new music, we’ve made it a little more difficult to find new people.”
Opera Star Joyce DiDonato Leads National Anthem At World Series Poll
“In a KansasCity.com poll, homegrown opera star Joyce DiDonato was leading as of Saturday evening with about one-third (32 percent) of the 10,300-plus votes cast so far.”
The Right Way (And The Wrong Way) To Complain About The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
“Honestly, I’m not aiming to trick anybody. I’m mostly trying to remind people of how slippery the definition of ‘rock and roll’ has always been.”
A Longtime Usher Explains How Everything Has Changed At The Music Hall
“I remember when you couldn’t get an orchestra seat Friday afternoon without a subscription. To hear the orchestra Friday afternoon was an honor. They came to the concerts as if they were going somewhere. They dressed up, and acted the same way.”
When You’re A Student And Need A Loaner String Instrument, These Are Your People
“Talented students actually push up against the capabilities of lesser instruments, and if they don’t get a better instrument, they will continue to bang their head against a brick wall.”
Birmingham Ignites Controversy By Giving – Well, Loaning, Sort Of – Cash To Orchestra
The money is on hold: “If we’re going to make allowances for our favorite groups, then I’ve got a favorite. What’s fair is fair. Either we are in the nonprofit funding business or we’re not.”
How Schubert Blew Apart Songwriting – And Centered Women’s Voices
“The most amazing thing is that a 17-year-old boy can somehow enter into the female pysche with such an incredible amount of understanding as if he himself had experienced such feelings.”
Woodruff Arts Center Hits Back At Atlanta Symphony Musicians Over Pace Of Mediation
Responding to the players’ complaints that Woodruff’s negotiators have been wasting time because they had neither a ready proposal nor authority from the board to reach an agreement, the Woodruff team’s leader said, “In the words of the mediators, it was time to put some of the shared ideas ‘on paper’. This was precisely what [the musicians] had asked us to do – make new proposals to show our good faith.”
Rossen Milanov Adds Another Music Directorship To His Portfolio
The 49-year-old Bulgarian, who was appointed to the Columbus Symphony in Ohio last month, will lead the Chautauqua Symphony in western New York State, effective immediately. (Milanov also directs two orchestras in New Jersey and one in Spain.)