Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society was once little more than a struggling concert organization in a city jam packed with music and musicians. Then Mary Deissler came along. 24 years later, H&H, as it’s known, has become one of Boston’s premier musical organizations, and supports itself with help from a $3 million endowment. Deissler is stepping down from her position as H&H’s CEO this week, and she leaves an important legacy for her successor to follow.
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How To Play A Symphony With Your Butt
“The public has been invited to take part in what has been described as the first virtual orchestra. Plastic cubes, attached to a light and a speaker, have been laid out on a full size orchestra stage outside the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Sitting on a cube activates a musical note and as more people sit down, more of the score is revealed.”