“Tickets to the laser light show set to symphony music, scheduled for Aug. 1-3 in Washington Park, became available online at 8 a.m. Monday via Ticketmaster. They were gone by 8:12 a.m., said Meghan Berneking, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra spokeswoman.”
Tag: 06.09.14
Study: Where You See Art Matters
“Our results suggest that time and context constitute more than framing dimensions for the experience of art,” the researchers write in the online journal PLoS One. “Context affects the experience of art.”
How We Got The Best Collection Of Letters On The Web
Shaun Usher was a freelance copywriter when a set of assignments for a client, a stationery retailer, gave him the idea to start Letters of Note.
National Ballet Of Cuba Dancers Defect In Puerto Rico
At least six and possibly eight performers left the company following a performance in San Juan this weekend – and they’re already booked to dance at a benefit in Miami this coming weekend.
Introversion: It’s Not What You Think It Is
“Quick Quiz: Which of the following are signs of introversion? Highly sensitive. Deep Thinker. Reflective. Introspective. Intelligent. Negative emotions. Socially Anxious. Defensive. Vulnerable. Always prefers solitude over social interaction. Answer: Not a single one.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.09.14
Making the old new (2)
Why don’t more performers add ornaments to old music the way its original interpreters did?
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-06-09
The Ojai Music Festival and Uri Caine
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-06-09
How To Curate A Folk Art Show Where There’s Little Tradition For It
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-09
Opera and arts education
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-06-09
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David Nadien, Ex-Concertmaster For The NY Phil, Dead At 88
“Concertmasters are typically poached from other orchestras or promoted from within the ranks, but Mr. Nadien, then 40, was a freelance commercial musician. Although Bernstein described him as ‘an extraordinary violinist,’ he had almost no experience playing with a major symphony orchestra.”
Guess What? Making Live Theatre Is Hard
“Lots and lots of Americans have never seen a musical or a play on Broadway. How to make them care?”
Family Commissions Symphony For Former Canadian Prime Minister’s 75th Birthday
“If you’re Joe Clark’s family, you commission a Canadian composer to write a symphony for the National Arts Centre Orchestra and surprise him by announcing it during an NAC concert on his 75th birthday.”
New Book Genre: The Extreme Reading Memoir
“The merchandising of reading [today] has a curiously undifferentiated flavor, as if what you read mattered less than that you read. In this climate of embattled bibliophilia, a new subgenre of books about books has emerged, a mix of literary criticism, autobiography, self-help, and immersion journalism: authors undertake reading stunts to prove that reading – anything – still matters.”