Category Archives: Sandow
Adventures in Concert Presentation: John Kamfonas at the Greencastle Summer Music Festival Wednesday
John Kamfonas is a young pianist (early twenties–to me, that’s young; he’s about my son’s age). He’s playing tomorrow (Wednesday) night on the Greencastle Summer Music Festival, a series of 12 Wednesday-evening concerts I organize (or as the say in … Continue reading
Allen Ginsberg (Indirectly) Solved My New York Dilemma
I wrote a while back: The thing I like least about New York is that you have to harden your heart to panhandlers. I live near a “hotel” for very-low-income men. There’s always several on the street, especially at night. … Continue reading
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Maybe it’s a babysitting crisis, not a classical music one
Is there a really a crisis in classical music? “We’ve had gray-haired audiences for fifty years!” said a thirty-something musician who’s done a lot community outreach work and teaches a summer course on career skills at a music camp. We met … Continue reading
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Too many musicians? Is it the fault of conservatories and music schools?
People who care about the financial viability of the classical music field, especially that of large institutions like symphony orchestras, are in the throes of mutual attacks as to whether or not there’s a crisis (of declining interest and support for classical … Continue reading
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Sandow and His "Inconvenient Truths"
Greg Sandow’s been at the ASOL conference and blogging like crazy on a separate blog set up for it. Now he’s back, blogging about his blogging, and the frustrations of being a privately thanked “provacateur” yet feeling more lke a … Continue reading
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Read Greg’s latest chapter
On Monday, Greg Sandow posted a new chapter in his online book on the future of classical music. The entire project is very worthwhile reading.
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