Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the country’s five major symphony orchestras, and constantly has new pieces for music lovers.The February 2014 concert opened with Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy,it's a very youthful piece that depicts the young in a gentle and carefree nature. Impressionism was a leading art movement during his time.In France, “Impressionist” was a term used to say a persons work did not follow the norms or rules of society. Claude was a leading composer

thereafter Boulanger arranged a major premier of his organ concerto, which was performed by both the New York Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Sergey Koussevitzky), which featured Boulanger as a soloist. The subsequent introduction of Copland to Koussevitzky led to a solid working relationship between the two, resulting in not only a collaboration on an organ symphony but also to Koussevitzky’s eventual performing of roughly twelve of Copland’s compositions, several of

Introduction This memo will examine the possible merger that the Utah Symphony (“the Symphony”) and the Utah Opera (“the Opera”) have recently announced under the leadership of Scott Parker, the chairman of the board of the Utah Symphony. By examining the organizational, cultural, and communicative results of the merger this memo will highlight the costs and benefits of partaking in this merger using the given information to make a final conclusion to help you decide the best course of action for

“If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.” (“If you've never failed, you've never lived”-video) This video and short statement entails that life is about taking risks and learning from one’s mistakes. Without life’s mistakes, people wouldn’t have the motivation to become better. Failure is a part of life. Failure allows the term, “When you fall, you get back up” come into play, allowing individuals to realize that it is a natural part of life to lose at something; one must simply get back up and

When I left my sequestered neighborhood of Cote-Des-Neiges’ school to attend my father’s alma mater, La Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, a school founded upon the ancient traditions of European choral music, little did I know at the time that I would be blessed with a deep passion for music, an incredible learning experience, and a long-lasting brotherhood. Abruptly woken up by my mother’s loud knocks on the door, I stood up erect and began my systematic morning routine. Today was different

Interview: Marin Alsop, music director of the Bournemouth Symphony, discusses the power in music and the power in the position of conductor October 7, 2003 BOB EDWARDS, host: Voters in California today decide who will be governor of the most populous state in the nation. There may be a shift in power from a Democrat to a Republican; maybe not. This month, NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg explores the idea of power--what it is, how it's used and what happens when it's gone. Today, her

On February 10, 2017, I attended Chris Botti's nearly sold out show at the Hilbert Circle Theater. This was the most brilliant performance I have ever seen. While I was not familiar with Botti before the show, I had been asked on a date by a guy from church who was a fan of his work. After having dinner at Oceanaire, we arrived at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, where women were dressed from casual attire with black pants to full length ball gowns with mink fur coats, while the men wore suits or sports

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Founded in 1916, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is the only major American orchestra originally established as a branch of the municipal government. It was later reorganized as a private institution in 1942. The orchestra’s primary venue is the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, with the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda as a secondary; making it the nation’s first orchestra with year-round venues in two metropolitan areas. The ensemble performs more than 130 concerts

Organizational Management JFT2 Task 1 Utah Organizational Management JFT2, Task 1: Utah Symphony & Utah Opera Proposed Merger Analysis Utah Symphony & Utah Opera Proposed Merger Analysis In 2002, a proposal was made to merge the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera due to the failing economy, collapsing of the stock market, declining government financial support, and a waning of donations for the arts. The proposed merger would help both organizations by economizing on costs and expanding

Ray and Maria Stata Music Director, endowed in perpetuity In 2015-16, his second season as the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Ray and Maria Stata Music Director, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in thirteen wide-ranging programs, three of them being repeated at Carnegie Hall in New York. This past August, Maestro Nelsons' contract as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was extended through the 2021-22 season. In 2017 he becomes Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, in which