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Strings magazine has an article on gender discrimination in its most recent issue that’s worth a look. While the writer, Rory Williams, focuses on the ongoing saga of how many women have really been hired by the Vienna Philharmonic, there is also quite a bit on the situation in the US as well: The latest […]

… how was your summer? While not as bad as Mrs. Lincoln’s, the summer was a downer for the orchestra industry. I’ve long suspected that orchestras were trailing indicators for the health of the economy as a whole, which is to say that orchestras get sicker and get well later in an economic downturn than […]

Some of you may be following the plight of the Richardson (Texas) Symphony Orchestra and its musicians.  They’re embroiled in a bitter dispute that has led to the RSO being placed on the International Unfair List of the American Federation of Musicians. What this means is that as long as the orchestra is on the […]

Ralph Locke, a musicology professor at Eastman, sent Polyphonic a link to a pretty amusing video: I think you’ll enjoy this.  The narration, gestures, etc., are all perfect — a kind of tongue-in-cheek critique of typical classical-music presentations.

Friday morning again had multiple sessions, each presented twice. The Diversity panel, moderated by Beth Wilson, Director of Student Musician Development at the Atlanta Symphony, showcased the ASO’s Talent Development Program (TDP),  a program for talented young African-American and Latino classical musicians in the greater Atlanta community. The panel included Edie Bostic, TDP Trustee and […]

Friday afternoon was for Symposia – six simultaneous sessions, each repeated once. “The Atlanta Symphony War Room: A New Approach to Collaborative Decision Making” featured Robert Spano, music director, John Sparrow, vice president for orchestra initiative and general manager, and Charlie Wade, vice president of marketing. Again, my notes may not be verbatim but hopefully […]