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 Montreal Symphony’s Juno bid revokedIn Thursday’s (3/11) Montreal Gazette, Arthur Kaptainis writes, “Two recordings by Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra have been denied 2010 Juno nominations on the grounds that the soloists are not Canadian.” ... |
New spirit of arts advocacy in Las VegasIn Thursday’s (3/11) Las Vegas Sun, Kristen Peterson writes, “On paper, the arts are looking grim. In less than two years the city lost the Las Vegas Art Museum and two critical downtown galleries ... |
San Francisco Symphony contrabassoonist Braunstein: how low can he go?In Thursday’s (3/11) San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Kosman writes, “What does it take to play a note as low as any in the orchestra? Nothing more than 16 feet of wooden tubing coiled into a compact package ... |
Sage City Symphony to premiere local student’s workThursday’s (3/11) Manchester Journal (Vermont) reports, “Peter Kosmorsky, a senior at Long Trail School, has composed a symphonic fugue to be performed by Sage City Symphony on Sunday, March 14. ... |
Who's In
 Board Leadership: Boston SymphonyThe Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the election of EDMUND (TED) F. KELLY to a three-year term as chairman of its Board of Trustees, effective September 1, 2011. Kelly, who is chairman, president, and chief executive ... |
Artistic: Vermont Youth OrchestraThe Vermont Youth Orchestra Association has appointed RONALD BRAUNSTEIN music director and conductor. He goes to the Burlington-based VYOA following seven years as music director of the pre-college orchestra ... |
Administrative: Boulder PhilharmonicKEVIN SHUCK has been named executive director of the Boulder (Colo.) Philharmonic, effective March 2. He served most recently as director of communications at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in California ... |
Administrative: Reading SymphonyPennsylvania’s Reading Symphony Orchestra has announced that CHARLES WEISER will retire as executive director on August 31, 2010, following eleven years in that post. Weiser joined the orchestra as a musician in 1969 ... |
Industry Buzz
 2010 Astral Artists winners announcedAstral Artists has announced six winners of its 2010 National Auditions, held over three days in January in Philadelphia: flutists Julietta Curenton (age 28) and Angel Hsiao (age 25); pianists Sara Daneshpour (age 22) ... |
Solti Foundation awards career grants to two conductorsThe Solti Foundation U.S. announced that it has awarded grants to Yaniv Attar, assistant conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and Christopher Hill, music director of the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra in New Hampshire. ... |
Haitian Youth Music Relief seeks instruments, donationsThe Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras are in the midst of an initiative to replace musical instruments for Haitian musicians following that country’s devastating earthquake, which destroyed the Holy Trinity School of Music ... |
Inaugural pairing of New York Philharmonic and Bridge RecordsThe first Bridge Records CD to feature the New York Philharmonic, spotlighting works by contemporary composer Peter Lieberson, is scheduled for release in May. The recording features James Conlon leading the Philharmonic ... |
Help Yourself
 American Composers Orchestra: Playing it UNsafe Call for ProposalsAmerican Composers Orchestra announces Playing it UNsafe, a research and development laboratory for the creation, reading, and performance of experimental new works by American composers. The goal of the program ... |
Special Offer for Board MembersWe know how much you care about your orchestra, so we’ve created a League of American Orchestras membership especially for board members. Through your orchestra’s membership, you already receive benefits ... |
Conference Call: Accessing and Managing Credit
(developed in association with the Nonprofit Finance Fund) |
Volunteer Council Fundraising WebinarThis webinar is designed to cover the fundamentals of fundraising for symphony volunteer organizations regardless of budget size. Topics explored include: the volunteer as fundraiser ... |