Tag: Quarter Notes

Anne Midgette .  What will the press say about our own local world premiere? We’ll start to find out this weekend.

. He also received with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra — his original post. There were a handful of people who though Deneve might be a suitable music director for Seattle and is scheduled to return to the SSO next season. Does this announcement take him out of the running? Can the SSO still find a suitable replacement? How does the ongoing Philadelphia saga and the nascent search for MD’s in Cincinnati and Indianapolis affect the landscape?

Happy Birthday! with a concert tonight at the Chapel Performance Space. On the bill a new piece by Wayne Horowitz, violist Melia Watras, the Icicle Creek Trio, and the Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet.

I’ll be up at Town Hall tomorrow from 1 pm until 1 am co-hosting May Day! May Day’s! new music festivities along with Dave Beck (KUOW) and Gavin Borchert (Seattle Weekly). I assure you, it will be a lot of fun. In addition to being fun, it only costs $5. When was the last time you were able to hear 12 hours of new music in Seattle for $5? Probably never.

If you absolutely cannot attend, even for 2 hours, check back here through the day. I hope to be posting, doing a little live blogging, and sharing different media (photos, video, sound recordings, etc).  There will be some tweetting as well (www.twitter.com/gatheringnote).

Speaking of tweeting. The Seattle Opera is tweeting the entire libretto of their new opera Amelia (@AmeliaLibretto) in the run up to opening night on May 8th. If Twitter isn’t your thing, do check out Seattle Opera’s library of . Seattle Opera has everything (and more) you need to get the most out of Amelia. I’ve posted some of the videos here, but there are many more to see.

One of the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s newer festival musicians – Augustin Hadelich – was earlier this week.

A new classical music review mega site is being launched by Chicago based critics Lawrence Johnson. endeavors to be a one stop review site for people seeking out concert and record reviews. The emergence of an online presence for classical music has shifted the debate (for me at least) from will arts journalism be able to survive in the 21st Century to what is the best model for arts journalism in the 21st Century?

in music for her Violin Concerto. Most classical music buffs know this by now. I am in the process of editing an interview I did with Robert Spano (who is in Seattle to conduct the Seattle Symphony in John Adams’ Harmonielehre) and we talked at some length about Higdon. Spano is one of Higdon’s most ardent supporters on the podium. Spano says in the interview that it took time to build Higdon’s relationship with the Atlanta Symphony (his home orchestra) but now she is mobbed in the lobby by music lovers who treat her like a classical music rock star. Congratulations Ms. Higdon! And, look for my video with Spano tonight.

Another reminder, this Saturday is . For 12 hours and $5 you can come hear the city’s best contemporary and new music acts and advocates. Some of the highlights include: the Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet playing John Cage’s Living Room Music; music by Fredric Rzewski played by Christina Valdes; Steve Reich’s Tehilliam; and Henry Cowell’s String Quartet No. 4 performed by the St. Helens Quartet. I’ll be introducing acts from 1-3 pm and 7-9 pm. Hope to see you there.

Update
The NY Times finally has finally run an .

The Everett Symphony canceled the remainder of its season for budget reasons. This is bad for a number of reasons, but I am especially disappointed that we won’t be able to hear Mara Gearman play the Walton Viola Concerto now.

And, it now appears, a federal mediator is helping SSO management and musicians hammer out a new contract.  Can they reach a deal before next season is unveiled early next month?