The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is mourning Charles Geyer, a member of the trumpet section from 1966 to 1978. He died in Houston, Texas, on June 11, 2024, following a long illness. He was 79.
Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man Born on this day in 1900, Aaron Copland was 90 when he died in 1990. Often referred to as the “Dean of American Composers”, he wrote in a […]
The incoming New York Philharmonic conductor was invited to contribute a ‘Turning Points’ article to the local newspaper. Probably ghosted, and ever so slightly pretentious. He begins: Lately I have been thinking about the relationship […]
Joseph Horowitz has written an 11,000-word essay on Harry Burleigh, the black student who guided Antnin Dvorak down the byways of American music. He made a significant contribution to the 9th symphony, ‘From the New […]