Colorado Symphony, Revitalized And Healthy

“The orchestra is not just making a financial comeback, it is jetting forward in its still-continuing 2010-11 season, setting sales records and attracting first-time attendees… To explain its standout success at the box office, symphony leaders point to more accessible programming, especially the introduction of its multimedia Inside the Score series, and an overhaul of its marketing.”

The Promotional Author – Branding Vs. Literature

“In this era when most writers are expected to do everything but run the printing presses, self-promotion is so accepted that we hardly give it a second thought. And yet, whenever I have a new book about to come out, I have to shake the unpleasant sensation that there is something unseemly about my own clamor for attention. Peddling my work like a Viagra salesman still feels at odds with the high calling of literature.”

Winnie Mandela Opera A Hit In South Africa

“Seventeen years after apartheid’s collapse, the reaction to the opera seems to suggest that the wounds of the liberation battle are finally healing. The work is a balanced and nuanced look at the life of a contradictory woman who played a key role in the struggle. But it also uses humour and quirky characters for entertainment value – and the audience loved it.”