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Quick Takes: And for the Record(ing) we need to go more “GaGa!”

While the rest of the universe is scratching their heads and debating how Taylor Swift won the Grammy for album of the year, the Internet broadcast of the Classical awards from earlier in the day on Sunday left me perplexed…and the sad thing is, it’s  maybe just me who is.  It seems not only are [...]

February 02, 2010 | Ron Spigelman | Comments 4
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Dancing Maestros on the Jumbotron……

In a “review” by Lawrence Johnson, he ranted about the use of the Jumbotrons at the Ravinia festival.  OK I can see that there might be some who want the “traditional” experience, but the setting is far from traditional in the concert going sense, accessibility is something that needs to be taken into consideration and [...]

July 11, 2009 | Ron Spigelman | Comments 3
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It’s Official – We are the #1 Orchestra in all of….

Springfield Missouri! I don’t know how Gramophone Magazine missed us, obviously they are biased by not mentioning us in their top 20 orchestras of the world issue! PLEASE, what is the point of doing this except to p@#% off people? The truth is, the arguments wont rage, and no one is relocating from the city [...]

November 25, 2008 | Ron Spigelman | Comments 2
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