The South Bend Symphony has its opening concert this weekend, and its first Music Director candidate. This entire year is devoted to our Music Director search. I’ve been on theContinue readingUpcoming Concert, and Conductor Number ONE
Travel for Work: Peoria Edition
I am in Illinois this week for the Peoria Bach Festival, with concerts tonight and tomorrow night. As always, I love this festival. Love the challenges of jumping between threeContinue readingTravel for Work: Peoria Edition
Upcoming Concert: in Michigan
This week I’ve been working with the West Michigan Symphony, playing Beethoven’s 4th Symphony and the Shostakovich Cello Concerto. The commute is long – that’s the downside – so I’veContinue readingUpcoming Concert: in Michigan
Experience Counts
It’s fun to be a grownup. It’s fun to be good at something. I love it when I can feel my own progress. Daphnis et Chloé,by Ravel, is a monumentalContinue readingExperience Counts
Fun Concert
Oh, this concert was FUN. Beethoven’s Second Symphony, for one thing, which is just the right amount of difficult to keep you busy and engaged and concentrating and on theContinue readingFun Concert