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Things Are Changing!
This will be my last blog of the year. Soon after the first of January there will be some significant changes coming to chicagoclassicalmusic.org. We will be re-launching the site including a new...
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The Colorado Symphony Orchestra Appoints James W. Palermo As Its New...
Today's post brings some exciting news about a valued colleague and personal friend, Jim Palermo.Jim has been named as the new President and CEO of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra beginning in March....
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Wanted ads for full time music directors do not often grace the music scene. So now that a music director is needed for the Chicago Sinfonietta - it will be interesting to see who comes on board. The...
View ArticleWomen on the Podium
The Los Angeles Times recently published a great article by Chloe Veitman about female conductors. This seems especially relevant to me because the Chicago Sinfonietta has recently begun search to...
View ArticleBranding: Do Orchestras Need This?
Since the League of American Orchestras changed how they sent out their weekly media and industry updates, I don’t get to read them as often as I used to. Too bad because it was a nice, easy way to...
View ArticleBeethoven Tweets
Ah, technology! It seems that the National Symphony Orchestra’s conductor, Emil de Cou, has prepared real-time program notes to Beethoven’s Sixth that will be beamed via Twitter to people sitting on...
View ArticleBling Bling
A contemporary phrase about flamboyant jewelry? An overused hip-hop reference? Further proof that language is in a constant state of flux? Yes, to all of the above, and also the title of composer...
View ArticleChicago Chamber Musicians Celebrates 25 Years, Looks to Future
One of the things that is particularly exciting to me about Chicago is learning about the classical music and cultural history here. Many of the organizations have been established for decades, and it...
View ArticleWho Gives?: The Twenty-Something Donor
The first time I donated to the arts, it was through my university. DePauw had a really amazing music school and visual arts programs, so it seemed fairly obvious to me to earmark the small donation...
View ArticleNew Act: Chicago Opera Theater executive director reflects on 13 years with...
Fifty years in the opera business, thirteen of which have been spent as executive director of Chicago Opera Theater, Brian Dickie is hanging up his hat to spend some time with family and a few side...
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