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My orchestra is playing Sibelius 1 tomorrow in Columbia, Maryland. It’s not my favorite symphony, seems a little naive, though he wrote it when he was 35. If you wanna check it out, first check out the site.

I don’t typically link to other blogs/articles, nor do I mention classical music particularly often, but I found this article and blog entry so interesting and thought-provoking that they deserve a re-post.
First, a moving blog entry from David Finlayson, trombonist in the New York Philharmonic, and second, the New York Times article describing the background, [...]

In an effort to inspire me to write something else, I am throwing a few thoughts out from the last month.
My orchestra, The Columbia Orchestra, is playing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for our next concert. The orchestra is trying to make at least a small cultural event out of it. There is a website (embracingthemillions.com) [...]

I’ve got a concert tongiht. Check out the Columbia Orchestra site for details. Tchaikovsky 4, along with Strauss’ first Horn Concerto, and a Brandenburg. Should be pretty good, especially since I’ve practiced a fair amount for this.
I don’t expect anyone I know to come, as there is also something going on in Boston [...]

This is my appropriately named “catching up” post.  As most know, I’ve moved over the last month.  Despite my early action, I still had to do a lot of work at the end of the month.  C’est la vie, that’s what moving is.  Aside that, I’ve also been focused on various work related things (css, [...]

The Seattle Symphony has hired 4 concertmasters. This is rather odd, and Gerard Schwarz didn’t even really give a good reason why in the interview… other than European orchestras not having a set concertmaster/mistress. Can’t imagine what the reason would be…