When Doug McLennan asked me to write a description for my blog that ArtsJournal would begin hosting in 2017, I thought about the topics which move me to spend time writing—the things that I feel sufficient passion to write about without compensation. There’s no employer, no client, no contract, and no deadline. Looking at the writing I’d been doing for my own blog at … [Read more...] about What We Liked in 2017
Cincinnati May Festival
Deleting the Formal at Classical Concerts
Music first. It’s such a simple idea. Last night I went to a symphony choral event: the Cincinnati May Festival with the symphony, a huge chorus, and some soloists. As we took our seats, the players were already onstage, as usual. We noticed the chorus filing onstage, a few minutes later the soloists wandered on too, then the concertmaster, and finally the … [Read more...] about Deleting the Formal at Classical Concerts