From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am a retired public music teacher in a mid-sized town. My local orchestra programs quite a bit of the old stuffy repertoire, and I like to bring the […]
Chicago psychologist Dr Gerald Stein, in his latest post, recalls his brief encounter with a Dutch conductor of ephemeral fame. ….I looked up at the baton-smith, maybe 10 feet away. He looked down at me, […]
The leading Mexican conductor Enrique Batiz died yesterday in his home country, aged 82. He founded the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra in 1971 and directed it over four decades, except during the 1980s when […]