Archive for November, 2014

Noted Endeavors with Daniel Bernard Roumain: Practical Realities of Making a Living As a Musician

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

Daniel Bernard Roumain talks with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors about the practical realities of making a living as a composer or instrumentalist. “Here I am, crisscrossing the country in new work, with new collaborators, making new friends,” Daniel Bernard Roumain writes in a November newsletter. He has composed the original score […]

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Helen Grime Portrait CD on NMC

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

Helen Grime Night Songs Lynsey Marsh, clarinet; Hallé Orchestra and Hallé Soloists; Sir Mark Elder and Jamie Phillips, conductors NMC Recordings NMCD 199   Helen Grime is Associate Composer of the Hallé Orchestra. The ensemble has given her a generous portrait CD on NMC with excellent performances of both chamber and orchestral works, all composed […]

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SHOSTAKOVICH AND LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK

Monday, November 10th, 2014

By James Conlon   On the occasion of the opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Dimitri Shostakovich’s opera, I have revisited an article that I wrote for Opera News in 1994 at the time I conducted the opera in its first presentation at the Met. I have expanded and re-written a great deal of […]

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Avoiding A Visa Interview…Sometimes…Maybe…

Thursday, November 6th, 2014

By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I had a really interesting conversation with a consular officer at a U.S. consulate where we were having one of our groups apply for P visas. Our group has toured the U.S. many times and the officer mentioned that P class petitioners do not need to […]

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Noted Endeavors with Eliran Avni: Residencies & Outreach – What We Love to Do Most

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview Eliran Avni, founder of SHUFFLE Concert. SHUFFLE Concert has performed all over the United States, in Europe, and recently traveled to Israel for its fourth tour there. Each of the members of this unique group has performed extensively as soloist and collaborative musician throughout the world. The […]

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