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Author Archives: Michael
Coming Up: The Barber of Seville
Next weekend I will be singing in the chorus of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Fremont Opera. Jonathon Field is stage director and David Sloss is conductor. This is the same artistic team that I have performed with in … Continue reading
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Cabrillo Festival 2008 – Riffs and Refrains
Cabrillo came up with another winner in last night’s concert, featuring works by Matthew Cmiel, Mark Anthony Turnage, John Corigliano, and John Adams. I was particularly taken with the Turnage and Adams works. Turnage’s concerto Riffs and Refrains featured spectacular … Continue reading
MusicXML Support in MaxScore and BrailleMUSE
MusicXML is drawing ever closer to support by 100 applications. I recently heard about two new applications that have added MusicXML support: MaxScore is a Max object that adds music notation to the Max/MSP system, including export to MusicXML files. … Continue reading
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Cabrillo Festival 2008 – Triple Play
Saturday’s Cabrillo concert was another winner. It opened with a beautiful piece by Dorothy Chang, moved on to an intriguing work by Mason Bates, and concluded with a spectacular percussion concerto by John Corigliano with Evelyn Glennie as soloist. I … Continue reading
Cabrillo Festival 2008 – First Night
August in Silicon Valley means that it’s time for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music over the hill in Santa Cruz. This is an amazing two-week festival of contemporary orchestral music. Since 1992, the brilliant Marin Alsop has been the … Continue reading
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Beijing – July 2008 – Forbidden City
After our first concert with Jin Xing, we had more sightseeing time in Beijing. The highlight were Tian’An Men Square and the Forbidden City: This was the one day on the tour where we were outside a lot when it … Continue reading
Beijing – July 2008 – The Egg
Our first concert in Beijing on July 1 was in the Great Hall of the People. This is a huge space, so the combined orchestras and choruses were amplified. It was the opening concert of the pre-Olympics China International Youth … Continue reading
Beijing – July 2008 – The Great Wall
We had one more big sightseeing day before getting back into our rehearsal and concert schedule in Beijing. During the morning we visited the Temple of Heaven: In the afternoon, it was off to the Great Wall at JuYongguan. The … Continue reading