Tab dump 12/21/09

By a not-so-odd coincidence (it is December, after all) some of the autograph of Messiah is now available online. Check out the end of the Hallelujah chorus and notice the absence of any tempo change in the last two bars.

This is very sad.

And why would Costa Rica own instruments in the first place if not for them to be played?

The Vancouver Symphony would like to be seen as well as heard.

I wrote an article for Polyphonic on how to survive being treasurer of your orchestra committee.

Peter Dobrin thinks that three years without a music director is too long for the Philadelphia Orchestra.

You can help pass health care reform or you can help someone pay their bills by buying a violin. Seriously.

The Cleveland has a New Chairman.

The Seattle burns through Another ED.