Music for Prague
I had the opportunity to perform Karel Husa‘s Music for Prague over the weekend with the North Carolina Symphony. I had performed the wind ensemble version with Tempus Fugit and the Duquesne University Wind Ensemble with Mr. Husa conducting years ago, and it was great to come back to the piece. A few points come...
Five tips from Le Poisson Rouge
Ronen Givony thinks classical music could pick up some useful business tips from the rock and pop world. Givony is one of two music directors for Le Poisson Rouge, an alternative Greenwich Village cabaret that blurs the boundaries of the two musical realms, frequently putting artists from each on its nightly bill. He suggests five...
Big Star’s Third
I’m part of a very cool project on Thursday and Friday of this week at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC. It’s a fully orchestrated live performance of Big Star’s third album – Sister Lovers. Big Star was the band formed by Alex Chilton that so many musicians site as a major influence. Local record producer,...
Horowitz!
In an interview conducted by WDET radio in Detroit about the Detroit Symphony labor dispute, Joseph Horowitz, the former arts manager and author of Classical Music in America: A History, said that … players should no longer expect to work full time. His point is supported by his view that orchestras are presenting too many...
Penelope
On Monday, I had the pleasure of hearing yMusic and Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) present a performance of Sarah Kirkland Snider‘s Penelope at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. The piece is a 60 minute song cycle loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey with text by Ellen McLaughlin. Mrs. Worden’s performance was stunning, presenting colors and...
Dracula
The News and Observer did a nice article today about the Carolina Ballet’s Dracula. J. Mark Scearce was commissioned for a brand new score, and I’ll be playing the gigantic percussion set-up. It runs for the next three weekends in Raleigh. More info here.
NMR Begins Second Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shawn Galvin 202-297-3833 shawn@newmusicraleigh.org New Music Raleigh Begins Second Season August 27, 2010 (Raleigh, NC) – Raleigh’s most adventurous performing arts group will begin it’s second season on Sunday, September 12th at the Murphy School Theatre (224 Polk St.) with an evening of music that explores textural sonic landscapes ranging from...
A Great Summer
So, as it turns out, I have neglected this space for the last couple of months. It has been a busy, but great summer. The concert season with the Colorado Music Festival was fantastic – great sounding orchestra, great programs, and great people! You can check out some of the reviews from the summer here....
CMF – Week 1
The first week of the festival is over and it has been busy. Two children’s concerts, a pops gala, two Festival Orchestra concerts, and a Percussion Ensemble concert for kids. It’s been great to just dive in here. The Percussion Section is really great, and so is the rest of the orchestra. And it’s great...
Drums for Mahler 3
Here are the drums I’m using this weekend for Mahler 3 with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Come check it out, or listen online: http://www.wqed.org/fm/ Live tonight at 8!
Hitting the Road
It’s that time of the year. Everything in my life seems to hit the fan at the same time. In the next three weeks I’m playing Mahler 3 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, I’m taking an audition, and I’m driving to Boulder, CO in time for my first service with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. In...