Seriously: “Summer music can be top-notch. If that happened all the time, imagine the possibilities. Audiences would leave happier. The orchestra would be more happily challenged.”
Tag: 08.30.12
A Revolution In Classical Music Coverage (SATIRE)
“Classical music reviews will now carry two star ratings – one for musical content and one for the attractiveness (or otherwise) of the players.”
Indianapolis Symphony Moderates (A Bit) Harsh Proposal To Musicians
“The Indiana State Symphony Society, the body that runs the orchestra, is now asking the musicians to agree to a 38-week annual schedule that would result in the loss of one or two pops concerts, four to six classical concerts, and approximately half of the summer performances at Conner Prairie annually.”
Australian-Rules Football Hits The Ballet Stage
The Australian Ballet’s current program of seminal works in the company’s (and country’s) history includes two works (out of three) that focus on football. Says choreographer Graeme Murphy, “I’m having to teach some of the dancers what a drop-kick is. It’s a lost artform.”
Aboriginal Town Develops Musical About Itself In Seven Weeks
Now this is getting arts out into the community: Opera Australia sent technical staff and three indigenous professional performers (including pop star Casey Donovan) to a north Queensland aboriginal settlement to write and perform a community-based musical about the town’s painful history and resilience.