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EXCLUSIVE: Students, Teaching - Kurt Gottschalk at Ostrava Days 2015 [REVIEW]

Besides being a festival of contemporary composition the likes of which isn't often seen this side of the Atlantic, the Czech Republic's biennial Ostrava Days plays host to a two-week institute for composers and performers, where students get the opportunity to workshop with and have their works reviewed by some of the the major figures invited to the nine days of concerts, which follow on the heels of the institute. But once the festival proper is underway, such hierarchies evaporate, as students perform with and have their work presented alongside the headliners.
By Kurt Gottschalk

  • Beethoven and Basketball: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Sports Themed Concert

    If you thought going to the orchestra meant you had to pull out the tuxedo, cufflinks, and the odd pair of Galilean binoculars for good measure, than you thought wrong. On Saturday, Feb 6 the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is inviting you to thrown on your favorite team jersey and come courtside for an evening of Beethoven and basketball. The BSO’s All About Sports event is hosted and narrated by Baltimore Orioles’ announcer Ryan Wagner with conductor Ken Lam, Nationals Organist Matthew Van Hoose on Keyboard Marching Ravens covering Sousaphone Section and Ellen Pendleton providing color commentary.
    By James Knight

  • Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Schedule for Summer Season

    Just opened in Montana's bucolic Beartooth Mountains, Tippet Rise Art Center is dedicated to uniquely combining nature, art and architecture with live music. Director Christopher O'Riley just announced an inaugural summer season that is bound to put the Art Center on the cutting edge of mixing music and nature in a way that far surpasses camping in Chattanooga.
    By Shane Jordan