Jemsite Interview
Jemsite , a website primarily aimed at Ibanez guitar enthusiasts, has just posted an interview they did with me this week, asking about […]
Classical
Stars of the Pit
I was sitting in the second tier box closest to the stage at last night's Mark Morris performance at the
Mostly (Not) Mozart
Ok, I may not be the world's biggest Mozart fan, but I am a big believer in Truth in advertising.
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Multi-tasking
Done right, there is no more impressive sight onstage than seeing a great concert pianist leading an orchestra from their
One-Hit Wonder
Carl Orff wrote six operas, ten pieces of incidental theater music, and a highly-regarded series of instructional works for young
Pops Kings
I'm fairly certain that my earliest experience hearing an orchestra was seeing Arthur Fiedler conduct the Boston Pops on PBS. I was
“Put On Cronkite”
Walter Cronkite's place in history will forever be defined by the above phrase: when the world went crazy during the
My Other Backyard
I thoroughly enjoy that I live in a neighborhood where, on consecutive nights, you can hear a pair of world-class
Passing the Torch
Back in 2005, during his first season as the Boston Symphony's Music Director, I saw James Levine in one of