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Archive for June 12th, 2008

Beauty from horror

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , , , on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »

Is it ethical for anyone to use a horrible event to create something useful, even beautiful?
Not very tall, with a soft, whisper of a voice, Paul Schoenfield isn’t the sort one would estimate struggles with ethical questions like this. But, in the course of creating three separate pieces based on Holocaust-era poems and stories, the [...]

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Orchestra Seattle unravels Mahler’s Fourth

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When asked why he doesn’t just program Baroque or Classical music for the Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singer concerts, Music Director George Shangrow says “because I don’t just eat Thai food.” Sunday night, the orchestra concluded their 2007-2008 season. Shangrow’s anecdote couldn’t have been truer. Shangrow has garnered a reputation for [...]

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