A member of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, Sarah Vonsattel believes in the unifying power of music on the most divisive day in recent American history. She’s hoping to soften the hearts of voting citizens.
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The magnificent saxophonist David Sanborn has died of prostate cancer, which he had endured for six years. He took up the instrument on doctors’ orders as a child to strengthen his chest muscles and improve […]
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim has written an eye-opening feature in the NY Times on the growing recognition for musicians who play for patients in hospital, and the development of professional standards. …on a brisk January morning […]
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra has let it be known that Alexander Shelley will step down as music director a year from now, after 11 years in the podium. NAC Orchestra Managing Director Nelson McDougall […]
