Friends are reporting the death of Donald McInnes, influential performer and teacher.
With an international career, he was long associated with the University of Southern California in Los Angeles at the Thornton School of Music. He was also Barbra Streisand’s go-to violist.
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The International Double Reed Society has published its annual commissioning grants. The purpose of these grants is to diversify the composers of double reed repertoire. These grants are given towards the commissioning of composers who […]
Last night, Birmingham Opera Company gave Michael Tippett’s last opera, New Year, its first fresh airing since 1990 in the Dream Tent at Smithfield. First responses are enthusiastic. Reviews to follow. The post Tippett in […]
From my monthly essay in the new issue of The Critic magazine: I remember well the day the symphony died. It was August 1975, and I was sitting in a television newsroom when the teleprinter […]
