Coming up on six months of lockouts in Minneapolis and St. Paul, it’s very difficult to think of what else to say or write on this tragic situation, since lots of people way smarter than I have already done so. But since the cliff is fast approaching (or maybe already past), I thought I’d post [...]
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Silly season?
The season’s off to a peculiar start as three major institutions negotiate down to the wire (or past it). Despite healthy news from places like Seattle and St. Louis, things are not looking great in Atlanta or Indianapolis.
Summer of discontent?
Well, not for me. But obviously things have been bumpy at certain orchestras lately, and the press coming from both Minnesota and Atlanta seems to get more and more intriguing. Like today’s piece regarding the Atlanta Symphony.
About Frank
Violinist Frank Almond holds the Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He returned to the MSO after holding positions as Concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev in and Guest Concertmaster of the London Philharmonic with Kurt Masur...
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- Detroit, Minnesota, and Funhouse Mirrors | Song of the Lark: [...] Michael Henson are cut from the same cloth. ...
- Detroit, Minnesota, and Funhouse Mirrors | Song of the Lark: [...] concertmaster Frank Almond caused a stir in ...
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Robert: Good piece....
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Sarah: Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read...
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Sarah: That would bring in the stakeholders, a much large...
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Song of the Lark: Keep in mind, if *everyone* on the board resigned,...
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Lindsay Groves: Look how many of the orchestras in trouble in the ...
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Minnepocalypse now.
March 18, 2013
- Open Season October 2, 2012
- The darkness of ignorance. June 21, 2012
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SFM Does it Right
May 21, 2012
- Summer of discontent? August 16, 2012
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New Paradigm?
September 20, 2012
- Silly season? September 5, 2012

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