Camellia Symphony Celebrates Black History Month

Camellia Symphony Celebrates Black History Month

by | Feb 18, 2019

I hope you are having a great Black History Month!   I know I am, and as part of my celebration I attended the Camellia Symphony Orchestra’s concert, titled Past, Present, and Future. An ambitious and excellent community orchestra in Sacramento, they offered an...
The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by | Nov 16, 2012

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in area premiere of rare, remarkable Concerto. [update added at end after hearing second performance] Amy Beach was 33 years old when she gave the premiere performance of her own Piano Concerto (op. 45 in C-Sharp Minor) in April 1900....

Longevity in Orchestral Positions

by | Sep 17, 2011

In this time of strife for orchestral musicians, it is refreshing to remember just how dedicated many have been throughout their careers. Norman Lebrecht posted on his blog a “near-definitive” list of the longest serving orchestral musicians. While it will surely...

Equal Representation

by | Sep 6, 2010

In the July/August edition of Symphony Magazine, published by the League of American Orchestras, Susan Elliott, taking note of the recent demographics revealed in the 2010 census, asks, “Why don’t American orchestras look like America?” This isn’t a new question but,...

From Concert Hall to Lecture Hall

by | Sep 20, 2008

It has taken decades, but the appearance of women musicians in professional orchestras is no longer startling to audiences or donors. The long fight to find a place among the best-of-the-best, combating teachers who refused to train women and conductors who refused to...