And they could sell tickets to staff meetings!
February 4, 2011Labor law bars managements from implementing the governance solution outlined by Bertold Brecht: After the uprising of the 17th June The Secretary of the Writers Union Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee Stating that the people Had forfeited the confidence of the government And could win it back only By redoubled efforts. Would it not […]
AFM wins in court; won't matter much
January 19, 2011The AFM (or at least its lawyers) had a good win in labor law land the other day: The AFM has won a significant victory affecting orchestra media negotiations. The AFM has consistently taken the position that orchestra managements who are signatory to AFM media agreements (such as the Symphony, Opera or Ballet Audio Visual […]
CSO Live (not sure about the conductor, though)
January 11, 2011In honor of yesterday’s inaugural broadcast to movie theaters of “LA Phil Live,” here’s what cutting-edge media technology looked like 50 years ago. I love the downbeat to the third bar.
The kid stays on the podium
January 5, 2011There’s something about conducting this kid really gets, although he really should have turned the last page of the score before he thought the piece was over: Wouldn’t it be nice if more kids this age thought Beethoven was this much fun? And why don’t they, anyway? I wonder what would happen if kids treated […]
The times they are a'changin…
December 9, 2010I went to my local Borders today to kill some time while a prescription was filled. It’s a bi-level store, but I hadn’t gone downstairs since last year this time, as it was mostly CDs and it’s been a long time since I could count on finding something I wanted to listen to on a […]
Another take on Met HD
December 1, 2010After having written about the LA Phil’s upcoming experiment with broadcasting live to movie theaters and comparing it to the Met HD project, I was interested to come across another take on the whole concept from a Canadian professor of management: Recently I attended my first Live in HD broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s das […]
Opening Up The Flood Gates
July 30, 2010This week I wrote a transcription of Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan” for tenor saxophone and piano. After finishing the piece, I turned to YouTube to listen to various interpretations of the work. I listened to a few cello & piano versions and then moved on to a couple of solo piano recordings, including one of Rachmaninoff […]
Nothing to do with Music, But I Like It
December 22, 2009Actor Brian Cox works with a young thespian.