Thoughts from a Pops Pianist
Posted: May 7, 2009 - 2:12:06 PM in: commentary
Many people paid tribute to Erich Kunzel as he was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame May 7 in Cincinnati. One of them was Charles Manning, Pops Pianist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, who headed East over I-74 to join a festive crowd in Memorial Hall, home of the hall of fame in historic Over-the-Rhine. Manning's perceptive and eloquent remarks are those of someone who played under Kunzel from 1982-2002 while he served as ISO Pops Music Director.
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Decreased Political Awareness
Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 10:45:54 AM in: commentary|
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The Tragedy of Music Hall
Posted: Feb 22, 2009 - 10:07:32 PM in: commentary|
Cincinnati Music Hall
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However, as the performance home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, it has a fatal flaw. It is too big.
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Some Burning Questions for the Arts in Cincinnati
Posted: Jan 5, 2009 - 9:44:23 PM in: commentary
What can Cincinnati's arts organizations do to help themselves and each other during these straitened economic times? Much, based on a simple premise: connect the dots. Some thoughts and observations on how it could have and might still be done.
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Accessible Music?
Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 8:50:33 AM in: commentary
Charles Coleman
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Connecting the Dots in Cincinnati
Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 11:25:14 PM in: commentary
Collaboration and mutual reinforcement will be increasingly necessary if arts groups are going to survive in today's straitened economy. Having seen opportunities for mutual benefit go unrealized in the Greater Cincinnati community, it was rewarding to find a small glimmer of hope on the Music Hall calendar in November. "Stargazing and Late Night in Spain," a ticket being offered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's young professionals group, will draw attention to both the CSO and Cincinnati Opera.
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More Frightening Than Dracula
Posted: Nov 9, 2008 - 11:23:50 PM in: commentary
promotional illustration for Cincinnati Ballet's "Dracula"
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Cincinnati Should Reclaim "Over the Rhine"
Posted: Apr 5, 2008 - 6:10:05 PM in: commentary
Manuel Brug, a journalist with Germany's Die Welt, visited Cincinnati in March in advance of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's visit to Germany as part of its 2008 European tour (now underway). Here are his observations about the city, the CSO and music director Paavo Järvi as published in Die Welt April 4. English translation by Mary Ellyn and John Hutton.
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The Republic of Estonia is 90 Years Old Today
Posted: Feb 24, 2008 - 4:38:19 PM in: commentary|
Main Building, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia, where students placed Estonia's blue-black-white striped flag during its War of Independence (1918-20) (photos by Mary Ellyn Hutton)
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A Valentine for Music Hall
Posted: Feb 10, 2008 - 10:18:36 AM in: commentary
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Tribute to a Great Lady
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 11:23:12 PM in: commentary
An eloquent tribute to arts patroness Patricia Corbett from Cincinnati Opera general director Patricia K. Beggs.
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Rx for Music Hall
Posted: Jun 4, 2007 - 12:00:00 AM in: commentary_2007
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra violinist Stacey Woolley offered a prescription for Cincinnati's over-sized Music Hall during
the orchestra's tour of Southern California in April, 2007.
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Building Bridges: Black Violin
Posted: Jun 1, 2007 - 12:00:00 AM in: reviews_2007, commentary_2007
Good things do happen on Friday the 13th. One of them was Black
Violin, featured on "The Mayor's 801 Plum Concert” held in Cincinnati
city council chambers at City Hall in April.
The African-American duo – violinist "Kev Marcus” (Kevin Marcus Sylvester) and violist "Wil-B” (Wilner Baptiste) brought a new perspective to the municipal arena, not by beating city hall, but by bringing a beat to it.
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The African-American duo – violinist "Kev Marcus” (Kevin Marcus Sylvester) and violist "Wil-B” (Wilner Baptiste) brought a new perspective to the municipal arena, not by beating city hall, but by bringing a beat to it.
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Speaking up for Estonia's David Oistrakh Festival
Posted: Dec 9, 2005 - 12:00:00 AM in: commentary_2005
Kommentaar: Üks palve ja tungiv soovitus. "An appeal and an urgent suggestion." A guest column written in support of the David Oistrakh Festival in Pärnu, Estonia (first published in Pärnu Postimees Dec. 9, 2005).
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