Category: music

“After shaving 10 concerts from its October-November bill in an emergency bid to cut expenses, the financially resurgent Colorado Symphony has rescheduled two canceled programs and added three performances to its lineup.”

“I think the app is the new model. People are going to stop buying CDs. People are going to stop selling and making them, so I am looking for different ways to get music to people, and the application at the moment seems to be the favorite.”

“A legitimate secondhand marketplace for digital music has never been tried successfully, in part because few people think of reselling anything that is not physical. But last month a new company, ReDigi, opened a system that it calls a legal and secure way for people to get rid of unwanted music files and buy others at a discount.”

“Even though the number of chamber orchestras are fewer than alternative chamber music groups, there are plenty (too many to name all) — Boston Modern Orchestra Project, A Far Cry, The Knights, String Orchestra of New York, and a variety of large contemporary music ensembles. Together, they’re reinventing classical music in the 21st century.”

“Opera Lyra Ottawa, struggling with a mounting accumulated deficit in recent years that was made worse by disappointing ticket sales for its first production of the season, is calling off its two remaining productions of the current season, a move the company says will allow it to return in a healthier position next season and present two productions.”

“Jazz at Lincoln Center has plans to expand abroad, creating a new jazz club in Doha, Qatar, and four other cities as part of an unusual partnership with the St. Regis chain of luxury hotels.”

Lawrence J. Tamburri, the orchestra’s president and CEO since 2004, stepped down following a two-hour meeting of the PSO board’s executive committee. Tamburri has been replaced, effective immediately, by board vice-chairman James A. Wilkinson.

“I think I’m more sinned against than sinning. People love to pin labels and reputations on you, for being difficult or temperamental. I might’ve been a little bit like that in the past …”

No surprise: Gustavo Dudamel has brought his country’s famed El Sistema to L.A. – and it’s working out pretty well. “My main goal, and it’s a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music, as a right, as they have access to food, health, education, they get the chance to have art and culture, especially music,” said Dudamel.

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