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2024-02-05 09:09:00
Not everyone climbs mountains
These photos were taken by me on my recent trip to India. Listening and reading while in Goa set me thinking about a response to a recent post here. On his excellent The Music Salon Canadian blogger Bryan Townsend wrote:On an Overgrown Path tells us There is no mass market for classical music. I'm pretty sure of two things regarding that: first, I have known this ever since I got into classical music, so it ain't news and two, that is a big part of the appeal. Not everyone climbs mountains and not everyone listens to classical music.Bryan's thoughtful response supports my thesis that for two decades classical music has been chasing a non-existent mass market, as exemplified by the strategy of turning BBC Radio 3 into a clone of Classic FM complete with 'info-commercials'. But, and that is very important but, we cannot overlook that classical music is losing traction […]
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2023-07-16 13:46:00
$55.5k – $112.17k Part-time Port Townsend School District Washington DC PORT Townsend SCHOOL DISTRICT Human Resources – Job Posting Position Opening Announcement: .6 FTE Secondary Orchestra Teacher Blue Heron/High School 2023-2024 School Year Posting Date: June 29, 2023 Posting No. 2023-33 In the Port Townsend School District, we organize ourselves through the […]
2023-04-02 01:04:00
New Jersey Symphony. Eric Jacobsen, conductor. March 30, 2023.
NJPAC, Newark, NJ. Orchestra (Seat E114, $68).Jacobsen, Buchanan, Smith and Townsend at the conclusion of Faure's Requiem.ProgramRavel (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914-17, 1919)George Walker (1922-2018) Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra (1995-1996)Faure (1845-1924) Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48 (1887, rev. 1893 & 1900)ArtistsTiffany Townsend, soprano; Reginald Smith Jr, baritoneMontclair State University Chorale, Heather J. Buchanan, directorI got tickets for this concert as Jacques Lacombe, NJ Symphony's music director before Zhang, was going to be conducting. After I got the tickets, I notice the conductor was changed to Lionel Bringuier (if memory serves). A web search said Lacombe would be conducting in Greece during this time. And when the concert date drew near Eric Jacobsen's became the conductor. While disappointed that I won't get to see Lacombe, I was okay.And I enjoyed the program, even though all three pieces were on the dark and melancholic end of the emotion spectrum. Le Tombeau de […]
2021-08-25 23:30:00
[…] Moulin Rouge! The Musical could run for 50 years.” Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award nominee Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award nominee Justin Levine. The design team for Moulin Rouge! The Musical includes Tony Award winner Derek McLane (sets), Tony Award winner Catherine Zuber (costumes), Tony Award nominee Justin Townsend (lighting), Tony Award nominee Peter Hylenski (sound), Drama Desk Award winner David Brian Brown (wig and hair design), Sarah Cimino (Make-up design) and Tony Award nominee Matt Stine (Music Producer). Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel. The cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical includes Natalie Mendoza as Satine, Tony Award nominee Aaron Tveit as Christian, Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein as Harold Zidler, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Sahr Ngaujah as Toulouse-Lautrec, […]
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