FEATURE: THE SILVER LINING BEHIND COVID-19?
Can artists find a silver lining in the cloud of COVID-19? Peter Sellars is looking
LA Times: Mark Swed
“My feeling is truly we are in the midst of a new era trying to be reborn,” he said, reached by phone in Culver City. “And, yes, the labor pains are fierce.”
How Can We Radically Reimagine the Dance World Post-Coronavirus?
Dance Magazine: Lauren Wingenroth
We talked to 10 leaders from across the field about how they’d radically reimagine the dance world.
What if back to normal is never? Leaders in arts and entertainment are feeling increasingly pessimistic
Chicago Tribune: Chris Jones
Some hard data (although limited and time-bound) is emerging that audiences, especially those of mature age, will be reluctant to gather in the old ways any time soon.
Mihaela Martin – ‘What Should Students Be Doing Now to Keep Improving?’
The Violin Channel: Web Blog
In a VC-exclusive blog, Mihaela Martin offers her advice on what students should be doing from home over this period to keep improving.
RESEARCH AND OPINION
Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar
NY Times: Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
As the world added decibels, so did orchestras. Read a great overview of how and why orchestras and composers have expanded sonic experiences for audiences through the centuries and, with the advent of amplification, there’s a different point of reflection now.
This is the wake-up call for nonprofits and foundations to get political
NonProfit AF: Vu
The only way we can make a dent in social justice is if progressive nonprofits and foundations get over our disdain of politics and fully embrace using it to change unjust systems.
Violin Channel Living Room Livestream Concerts [COVID-19]
The Violin Channel
We’re coming to you live from living rooms all around the globe.
Independent musicians turn to social media to recoup wages
The Washington Post: Brendan Farrington
While plenty of A-list musicians have responded to the pandemic with virtual performances to entertain their fans, for entertainers with less name recognition, reaching out via social media or the web is a
Grieving with Brahms
The New Yorker: Alex Ross
There is enormous sadness in his work, a sadness that glows with understanding.
Beethoven the Avant-Gardist: A Pianist Makes His Case
The New York Times: David Allen
Pierre-Laurent Aimard juxtaposes the master with other troublemaking composers “so that we understand better what Beethoven meant.”
Dozens of Performers Join Global Concert to Celebrate Coronavirus Workers
NY Times: Derrick Bryson Taylor
The last two hours of the show, which featured Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel as hosts, aired on NBC, CBS and ABC beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The cross-platform special was also available on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu Plus, Instagram and Twitter.
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WE’VE LOST…
Russian Composer Dmitri Smirnov Has Died Due to Coronavirus – Aged 71
Onaje Allan Gumbs, Ecumenical Pianist, Is Dead at 70
Sam Clayton Jr., Sound Engineer With a Global Ear, Dies at 58
Albert K. Webster, Who Built Up the New York Philharmonic, Dies at 82
Lee Konitz, Jazz Saxophonist Who Blazed His Own Trail, Dies at 92
Obituary: Eileen Croxford Parkhouse (1924–2020)
NATIONAL
Ohio University Develops the Country’s First MA in Community Dance
Dance Magazine: Caroline Shadle
“We see it as any form of dance that engages professionals and non-professionals working together”
A String Quartet Is Crushed by the Coronavirus
NY Times: James B. Stewart
An acclaimed young ensemble was making a fragile but sustainable living. Then the bottom dropped out.
Deborah Borda and the Future of the NY Phil
WQXR In Conversation
In this episode of “In Conversation”, we spoke to Deborah Borda, President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic about re-inventing the future after the Corona pandemic.
Virginia’s Richmond Symphony Announces New Music Director
The Violin Channel
The Richmond Symphony has announced the appointment of Italian conductor Valentina Peleggi as its new Music Director.
Cleveland Orchestra – ‘Concertmaster’ Position Open
The Violin Channel
The Cleveland Orchestra in Cleveland, Ohio, is currently accepting applications for the ‘Concertmaster’ position.
Shut by Virus, Met Opera Announces Starry ‘At Home’ Concert
The New York Times: Zachary Woolfe
More than 40 artists will participate in the April 25 event, which comes as the company faces up to $60 million in losses because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Minnesota Orchestra restructures rest of 2019-20 concert season
Twin Cities Pioneer Press: Kathy Berdan
The Minnesota Orchestra announced Tuesday that all concerts through June have been canceled or postponed, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Marin Alsop On Her Swing Orchestra And Stepping Down From The Baltimore Symphony
NPR: Weekend Edition
NPR’s Scott Simon spoke to Marin Alsop about how swing music consoles her in a difficult time and her recent announcement that she will be stepping down as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra when her contract runs out next year.
INTERNATIONAL
Marc Bouchkov – Montreal International Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner
The Violin Channel
VC Artist Marc Bouchkov is building an international reputation as one of the new generation’s most multifaceted and unique young concert artists.
How Andrea Bocelli’s Easter Live-Stream Became an Unexpected Global Blockbuster
Variety: Chris Willman
Nearly 3 million people around the world logged on to YouTube to view the half-hour sacred music concert as it was happening. By Monday night the archived performance had 32 million views.
COVID-19: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra rescinds layoffs and looks to online offerings
Vancouver Sun: Stuart Derdeyn
VSO is investing an additional $287,000 as well as utilizing the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy program to achieve its goal.
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra enacts a stand down of musicians
The Strad
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will keep only ‘essential’ employees on staff during the lockdown.
Verbier Festival announces emergency relief fund for its alumni
The Strad
The festival has also announced the launch of its new ‘VF at Home’ website featuring highlights from past events.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Apples to Apples, Art to Art: The artists behind Apple Music’s playlists
The Brad Media: Michael Di Lorio
Michael Di Iorio chats with Leif Podhajsky, Sean Hogan and David Foster, the artists behind some of Apple Music’s brand new playlists.
The only show in Europe: inside Sweden’s controversial socially distanced gigs
NME: Derek Robertson
Plan B, a Malmö venue with a long history of unorthodoxy, continues to put on shows – capped at audiences of 40 – as the continent endures lockdown.
OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL
‘Trolls World Tour,’ a Kids’ Music Movie, Has Big Problems With Pop
The New York Times: Jon Caramanica
Rock tries to rule the other genres in this sequel to “Trolls,” but the real lesson is about how pop has been a conqueror for generations.
How a Finnish BDSM movie breathed new life into a Baroque cliché
The Guardian: Donald Greig
Film soundtracks from Flashdance to Gallipoli have called upon the stately spare sadness of Albinoni’s Adagio, so much so that it has been denuded of meaning. The work itself isn’t even authentic.
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