About four months before talks broke down, the Minnesota Orchestra Association bought up more than a dozen URLs such as www.saveourminnesotaorchestra.org, www.savetheminnesotaorchetra.com, and www.saveourorchestra.com. What does – or doesn’t – this imply?
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Zubin Mehta To Conduct In Strife-Torn Kashmir
The Mumbai-born conductor, who has long wanted to perform in the Kashmir Valley, will led the Bavarian State Orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Haydn and Tchaikovsky at the fabled Shalimar Gardens on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Bloomberg Picks Today’s Hottest Opera Directors
No, not the mayor himself. But his news agency names a group ranging from the established (Robert Carsen, David McVicar) to the up-and-coming (Katharina Thoma) to the edgy (Dmitri Tcherniakov, La Fura dels Baus) to the accidental (Fiona Shaw).
Two Rockers Try Earning A Living Through A Subscription Radio Site
“Even before the record business imploded, musicians regularly brainstormed about ways to get their work to potential listeners. But Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi were feeling more than the usual sense of urgency when they came up with a novel plan, a subscription Web site, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, to distribute new music by their latest band, Rabbit Rabbit.”
The Economics Of Music Streaming – Who Should Be Worried
“It’s songwriters–whether or not they’re performers too–who need to be wary about what’s going to happen as radio and recording sales gradually give way to streaming.”
Seattle Opera At A Ring Crossroads
The company made its name with Wagner’s Ring Cycle. As longtime general director Speight Jenkins glides toward retirement, where does the company define itself?
Study: What You Look Like Greatly Influences How People Hear Your Music
In the study, “nearly all participants — including highly trained musicians — were better able to identify the winners of competitions by watching silent video clips than by listening to audio recordings.”
UK Orchestra Saved From Closure By Last-Minute Fundraising Drive
“A campaign to raise £70,000 in less than two weeks in order to save the freelance Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra has claimed success, after garnering pledges of £72,200. The orchestra will now continue with its planned eight-concert 2013/14 season under music director Barry Wordsworth.”
Colorado Symphony Appoints Andrew Litton Music Director
Litton, formerly music director of the Dallas Symphony and currently in the same job at Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic, had joined the Colorado Symphony as artistic adviser in 2012 following the 2010 departure of music director Jeffrey Kahane.
British Bass Collapses And Dies During Opera Rehearsal
Richard Angas, 71, was rehearsing for a production of Britten’s Peter Grimes at England’s Opera North when he fell ill.