Letter V

The Virginia Classical Music Blog

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Review: Richmond Symphony

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Arthur Fagen conducting Nov. 14, Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage None of the nine candidates for music director of the Richmond Symp...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

The gender factor

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A musician's gender and sexual orientation don't count as much as they used to. Changing gender in mid-career, however, is another s...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Gershwin-Grofé redux

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One of the highlights of Marin Alsop's years as associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony came on Oct. 17, 1988, when she led George ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Take your time

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Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter, jazz bandleader and composer, again has postponed the premiere of his "Blues Symphony" with the At...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Wilkins makes the rounds

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Thomas Wilkins, onetime associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony, currently music director of the Omaha Symphony and principal guest con...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bird-fancier's bequest

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A charming story, with a multimillion-dollar happy ending for the Metropolitan Opera, by Daniel J. Wakin in The New York Times: http://www.n...

Facing the music, finding the money

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Michael Kaiser, president of Washington's Kennedy Center, writes for The Huffington Post that the cost structures of American symphony o...
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Clarke Bustard
A music critic and cultural writer based in Richmond, VA, Bustard has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch since 1971. He also has contributed to Style Weekly in Richmond, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines, the webzine NewMusicBox and other publications. Bustard is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, as well as awards from state and national press associations.
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