ENLARGING THE CIRCLE: Creating Partnerships in Research and Performance

The first session was an interesting discussion (moderated by James Leija of the University Musical Society) of a panel of audience members. The aspect that I enjoyed the most concerned the interaction/relationship/connection between audience and performer. It was a thread running through the entire conversation. The thread began with the reasons the panelists chose to [...]

At the first session of this morning’s American Orchestras Summit II, “Listening to Our Audiences,” the last question was the most telling: From the audience perspective, what do we, as arts leaders, need to be doing more of? One audience member on the panel replied by telling us what we need to be doing less [...]

I flew to Detroit today, and I was musing about why people put up with flying. The tickets are expensive, they charge you an extra $25 per bag to check luggage (and then, mysteriously, are surprised that there is insufficient space in the passenger compartment for everyone’s rolling suitcases). You have to put up with [...]

For those of you attending in person, welcome to Ann Arbor. And for others reading from afar, welcome to the conversation. I’d like first of all to express my thanks to Mark Clague and Drew McManus for their work in facilitating this 2012 summit. My thanks to the many speakers and presenters who have offered [...]

At the outset of this year’s Orchestra Summit, there is one thing on my mind: I’m wondering what will happen here that will make me believe in the orchestra again. I phrase my hopes for this coming week in such a way primarily because my relationship with the orchestra used to be quasi-religious. (Note here [...]

As someone who has been a member of both small and large orchestras, who has held multiple academic posts and has freelanced around the country, I am very excited to join these discussions. Thanks to everyone involved for bringing together people from just about every facet of Classical music performance. Each year in “audition season,” [...]

About the Orchestras Summit Blog

A goal of the Summit is to inspire new ideas and new conversations, so from Monday 3/19/2012 through Monday 3/26/2012 we'll be jumpstarting the discussion by having a select group of Summit attendees chosen to represent the range of participants post their thoughts and observations on various themes and panel sessions.

For those who can't attend in person, the bloggers will serve as your eyes and ears to the Summit, and we encourage everyone to leave comments and contribute to the online discussion.

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