“The new conductor comes to the WVSO from Pennsylvania (he and his family live in New York), where he serves as the music director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. He’s also the music director of Symphoria, founded by former members of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and is the artistic director and principal conductor for the Syracuse Opera.”
Tag: 05.30.17
Why The Bank Of England Made Its Staff Study Dr. Seuss
“[Professionals at] the central bank analysed the children’s author after finding that just one in five people could read and understand its inflation report.” Said a former deputy governor there, “Dr. Seuss was a master at using simple language, at getting children to read.”
If The Met Can Charge Out-Of-Towners Mandatory Admission, Then London’s Museums Can Do It, Too
“Everywhere else in Europe does it. We know it makes sense. Charging is valuing. It is hardly a mortal sin.” Simon Jenkins makes the case.
The Amazon Bookstore – Not Really Built For People Who Read
“It is reminiscent of an airport bookshop: big enough to be enticing from the outside but extremely limited once you’re inside.”
Baltimore Book Festival Cancels Rachel Dolezal Appearance After Protests
“A top priority of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is to listen to our constituents, and after hearing from a cross-section of opinions on having Rachel Dolezal participate in this year’s festival, we had to consider how her appearance may affect both the audience and the other extraordinary authors we have planned for the Baltimore Book Festival. For that reason, we believe it would be appropriate to remove Ms. Dolezal from the festival line up.”
Charles Isherwood Argues That The Age Of Trump May Be Good For The Arts
The precipitously departed theater critic of The New York Times resurfaces in the pages of Town & Country: “History isn’t a flawless guide, but periods of economic and political dislocation can actually inspire an efflorescence of culture.”
How The Right Sound Effect Can Transform A Movie Scene
“This video from The Royal Ocean Film Society makes a compelling case that sound is every bit as important as picture in cinema. … ‘Storytelling With Sound’ lays out some of the ways audio makes films better, and includes an interview with one of the masters: Ben Burtt, the brilliant sound designer behind the Star Wars saga who gave us R2-D2. He’s also the voice of Wall-E.”
How On Earth Do You Notate A Meredith Monk Piece And Teach It To A New Group Of Musicians? She And They Are Figuring That Out
“In the 1970s and ’80s, when current classics like Dolmen Music were new, they weren’t written down, at least not in a form even close to complete. Ms. Monk and her group were too busy singing them – living them, you could say – to sit and score them. It’s only in the past 15 years or so that Ms. Monk has turned some of her attention to preserving the pieces that she wants to survive her.”
Report From Mongolia: What Has The Philadelphia Orchestra Gotten Itself Into?
“Coming in for a landing at Genghis Khan Airport this week, a group of Philadelphia Orchestra musicians will be literally dropped into a parallel world where familiarity feels eerie and the exotic is oddly reassuring.” David Patrick Stearns sets the scene for us in Ulaanbaatar, where a reduced group of the Fabulous Philadelphians is giving performances and workshops this week.
Paavo Järvi Named Music Director Of Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
“[He] will take up the post with the 2019/20 season, for an initial five-year contract. … He succeeds Lionel Bringuier, whose tenure began in in 2014. Former chief conductors also include Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach and David Zinman.”