McGegan came to the Bay Area-based ensemble in 1985 and built it into the largest and most-recorded period-instrument band in the U.S. He becomes music director laureate at the end of the 2019-20 season: “I feel like I’m giving up being a parent to become a grandparent. I can still take everyone out for ice cream without having to pay the school bills.”
Tag: 10.02.18
China’s Most Famous Actress, Missing For Months, Confesses To Tax Fraud
Last month, Fan Bingbing, who had not been seen or heard from since early July, was getting public denunciations from government-related bodies and seemed on the way to being made a non-person, old-time-Communist-style. Authorities have now declared Fan and her companies liable for a total of up to $129 million in back taxes and fines, and she has posted a public apology and acceptance of punishment on social media.
The State of Engagement
For too many arts organizations, their level of self-focus apparently makes understanding that effective community engagement is something substantially different from traditional sales/marketing/fundraising/education approaches nearly impossible.
Looking like the outside world
Simon Rattle recently asked, “Why do our groups of classical musicians not look like London looks, and what can we do about it?” This sounds like a great goal. But what’s harder to imagine is how we’d get there.