Orchestra Taps an Unlikely Revenue Stream
December 13, 2009It’s a beer bottle orchestra, and it’s not a bad idea on lots of levels: It humanizes the orchestra, makes the players seem “normal,” gives the orchestra some media exposure and hopefully brings in some money to the coffers. Doesn’t about every mid-size city and larger have a favorite local beer? Note to orchestra marketing […]
I Don't Know, I Still Prefer a Clarinet
December 3, 2009University Turns iPhones Into Musical Instruments NEW YORK (Reuters) – Welcome to an orchestra of the 21st century. iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at an American university. Students at the University of Michigan are learning to design, build and play instruments on their Apple Inc. smartphones, with a public […]
What Opera Needs is More Drums
November 12, 2009No explanation needed. Forgive me, but I’m just the messenger. And he’s got more of these. . . .
From the Department of Great Headlines
September 22, 2009I have a Google search for orchestra news that occasionally comes back with some… interesting results.