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Tab Dump 11/17/2009
A common feature on blogs is a “tab dump.” It’s a play on the old programming term “core dump”; a printout of the contents of a computer’s memory intended to help figure out why a program blew up. Eons...
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Tab dump 11/18/2009
I think the principal violist should sit to the conductor’s immediate left. Mozart’s life in 5 seconds, as seen by Hollywood. Lots of people still want to be opera stars. I’m glad one orchestra...
View ArticleTab dump 11/22/09
Orchestras, like Google, can make money out of Internet searches – just not as much. Conductors can blog too. Conductors can also do bad and illegal things. So can some managers. Michael Hovnanian did...
View ArticleTab dump 12/6/09
Would this be called a gaggle of oboists? Happy birthday. Would have been more impressive without the pay cuts. Some coverage didn’t even bother to mention the musicians’ concessions, although they...
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Tab dump 12/14/09
New Hampshire Music Festival musicians have filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against management with the National Labor Relations Board. The Cleveland posts A Deficit. Nobody thinks there was a...
View ArticleTab dump 12/21/09
By a not-so-odd coincidence (it is December, after all) some of the autograph of Messiah is now available online. Check out the end of the Hallelujah chorus and notice the absence of any tempo change...
View ArticleTab dump 1/7/2010
This kind of bullsh*t ought to be beneath the dignity of all involved. Come on, folks; isn’t running an orchestra hard enough already? Interesting idea. The League goes virtual. I wish I wrote this...
View ArticleTab dump 1/14/2010
An interesting career path. An even more interesting career path. A good argument for screened auditions. The NY Times likes opera in popcorn palaces too. The CBC Radio Orchestra is born again as an...
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