The Rehearsal: Preparing For A Successful Concert
Renowned conductor and educator Carl Topilow shares his years of experience with valuable and practical insights on preparing an orchestra for performance.
Book Review: “The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor”
Dr. Kevin McMahon thoughtfully and extensively reviews Gustav Meier’s new conducting textbook. You’ll want to read them both!
Helpful Hints for Orchestra Librarians
The intrepid Clinton F. Nieweg shares his encyclopedic knowledge of music publishing with some guidelines for getting the most out of your music rentals!
How to Lose a Conducting Audition
A professional violinist and concertmaster gives the unvarnished truth about what goes on behind closed doors at the conductor search committee…
Book Review: “Orchestral ‘Pops’ Music”
Dr. Lyn Schenbeck reviews Lucy Manning’s new “must have” volume for your conducting reference bookshelf.
Score Review: “Symphonie espagnole”
Think you know this grand old warhorse of the repertory? Guess again! Lucy Manning reviews the latest Urtext edition of Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole.”
Book Review: “Maestros in America”
Got room in your library for something extra? You can never have too much information. Lucy Manning reviews this volume with the biographical “411″ on all the big “names” working today.
Chorus vs. Orchestra Some Preliminary Thoughts
Working both sides of the musical “DMZ” between orchestras and choruses, Erin Freeman muses on the differences and not-so-differences between working with choruses and orchestras. Erin is building bridges with this fun and insightful essay!
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