Astonishing post in the San Francisco Classical Voice about a 1924 letter that blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller wrote to the New York Symphony (the rival of the New York…
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British conductor Christopher Warren-Green named as Music Director and a region rejoices.
Any resemblance to Mike “I Was Just Thinking….” Barnicle is purely coincidental…. Kind of amazing to hear the wall-to-wall media coverage of the New York Philharmonic’s trip to North Korea….startling…
Some of the most fun I have is doing a number of Concert Preview conversations for the subscribers to the Washington Performing Arts Society and other performing-arts organizations in the…
Disclaimer: This is posted by a card-carrying member of Red Sox Nation, now smarting over a 3-1 deficit in the ALCS… Monday was a good night for Cleveland at the…
Thank goodness for The Onion-for-a-Day calendar! New York Philharmonic Hosts Open-Mic Night NEW YORK—The New York Philharmonic Orchestra announced Monday that it will continue its popular open-mic nights throughout the…
Fascinating wire story the other day about Army medic Sgt. Geoffrey Allison, perhaps the only US serviceman who’s also a luthier: As bombs exploded and the ground shook around him,…
Note to self: Spare the prose and save the reader. Have to confess that after reading ALL of the various posts and comments in Doug McLennan’s “gangblog” called Engaging Art:…