Issue: June 2011
Virginia Symphony musicians performed in a benefit concert on April 14th to support relief efforts of the Red Cross in Japan. The chamber music event was titled “Benefit Concert for Tomodachi” (友達, or tomodachi, being Japanese for “friend” or “friends”). The VSO currently employs five natives of Japan: three performing musicians, a librarian, and a conducting associate. This collaboration included … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2009
As musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra arrived for the dress rehearsal of a Holiday Pops concert on December 10, they were surprised to see members of the management and the trustee boards of the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cincinnati Opera, the Cincinnati Ballet, and the May Festival, all milling around onstage. At the moment the rehearsal was scheduled to commence, Cincinnati Symphony … [Read more...]
Issue: July 2009
Henry Shaw was arguably the greatest editor of Senza Sordino. He held the post longer than anyone before or since. He put out six issues a year for ten years—sixty issues (plus one supplement), on deadline, in a pre-PC age when text editing, layout, production, and publication were much more difficult and time-consuming than they are today—while simultaneously serving as assistant principal second … [Read more...]
Issue: July 2015
According to an Oregon Symphony newsletter, more than $5.7 million worth of tickets were sold for the season through December. That’s better than they did for the entire season last year. They also boast of a double-digit increase in attendance, with concerts at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall averaging more than 71% full, with several of those virtually sold out. Members of the New Jersey … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2005
The Alabama Symphony was named “Nonprofit Organization of the Year” at the Birmingham Business Journal’s ninth annual Best In Business Awards banquet. The Alabama Symphony was the first winner in a new awards category recognizing nonprofits. An independent panel headed by Robert Holmes, dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Business, did the judging. The orchestra … [Read more...]
