This time last year, I fully embarrassed myself by arriving late (typical) to the New York Philharmonic’s 09-10 season announcement. Eric invited me, since he’s singing with them this season (give it up for Le Grand Macabre, woot woot, what what), and being tardy would have been slightly less unprofessional, I guess, if the press conference had not been ON THE STAGE of Avery Fisher Hall. I also didn’t do myself any favors by wearing these totally inappropriate boots, and as a musician I was telling this story to earlier today reminded me, that is “not a boot-friendly stage.”
Tomorrow at noon EST, the NY Phil has invited press to live-blog their 10-11 season announcement press conference at the cafe at Alice Tully Hall, where as you all know, I am also prone to embarrassment. From the NY Phil’s media alert:
Join Music Director Alan Gilbert and special guests on Tuesday, February 16 for the press conference, and report it live!
For the first time ever, we’re inviting you to LIVE-BLOG as the details of the New York Philharmonic’s 2010/11 season are revealed.
The proceedings will also be live-Tweeted @nyphil.
Also tomorrow, at 10am PST (so, 1pm EST), the Los Angeles Philharmonic will hold their season announcement press conference exclusively online. From their website:
For the first time ever, the annual LA Phil Season Press Conference
will be held exclusively online. Check back on Tuesday, February 16 at
10 am PST to see video presentations from Gustavo Dudamel, Deborah
Borda, Herbie Hancock, John Adams and Thomas Adès.
So the way to really make trouble, it would seem, is to have one’s computer open under the guise of live-blogging the NY Phil and then use Lincoln Center’s free wi-fi to stream the LA Phil’s conference with the sound on an hour into it. Triple. Dog. Dare.
It’s a good thing I don’t live in NYC. Triple dog dares are my favourite.