July/Aug 2008
In this issue

Cover story

All Together Now

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by Jayson Greene

Rock groups and genre-busting musicians like Jonny Greenwood and Joanna Newsom are joining with orchestras to create innovative concerts that bring in new audiences.

Features

Buffalo Rising

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by Chester Lane 

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is enjoying a resurgence after years of struggle in one of America’s Rust Belt cities.

Seventeen at Seventy

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by Stephen Planas
Last summer, Tanglewood brought together a contingent of prominent American composers for its "Generation of '38" festival.

Strings Attached

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by Melinda Bargreen
Instrument programs in Detroit, Michigan, and Walla Walla, Washington, are part of continuing efforts by those cities' orchestras to make music affordable for kids.

Columns

Comment

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by Jesse Rosen

Writer and management consultant Jim Collins on the pursuit of excellence in business and the performing arts.

Prelude

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by Robert Sandla

In Print

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by Stuart Isacoff
Kenneth Hamilton's new book makes some surprising connections between Romantic pianism and modern performance.

Departments

At the League

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by Robert Sandla
Outgoing League President Henry Fogel talks about his lifelong commitment to orchestras, and his ideas for where the industry is headed next.

The Score

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Orchestra news, moves, and events

Advertiser Index

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League Annual Fund

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Coda

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Leonard Slatkin on conducting and baseball in Detroit