Philadelphia Orchestra
HughE Dillon One-Shot: Philly Pops on the Move
Marching to the beat of a different drum, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops took to the streets yesterday at high noon and paraded from […]
HughE Dillon: Academy Ball 2012
The Academy of Music celebrated 155 years with its annual concert and ball on Saturday night. It was a night filled with festivities all over […]
Q&A: Jennifer Higdon, Composer
Why Philadelphia: I came here for Penn and Curtis 25 years ago and never left. I love the character, the feel. Whether being a lesbian […]
Guilty Plea Possible for Jerry Sandusky?
A Guilty Plea Possible for Sandusky. Yesterday marked the filing of the first of many possible civil suits against accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky. The claim […]
What If the Philadelphia Orchestra Can’t Be Saved?
In Allison Vulgamore’s 16th-floor office at the Philadelphia Orchestra, there’s a battery-operated toy chicken that hops around singing “Ring of Fire” in Johnny Cash’s voice. […]
Philly Lines Up for iPhone 4S
Orchestra and Musicians Approve Agreement. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the union of musicians have reached a new collective bargaining agreement. [FOX 29] Chris Christie […]
Orchestra Reaches Economic Agreement With American Federation of Musicians
Philadelphia Orchestra and American Federation of Musicians Reach Compromise. After a great deal of deliberation and heavy press coverage of its financial woes, the Philadelphia […]
Q&A: Yannick Nezet Seguin, A Hero for the Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s charismatic new conductor and artistic director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, 36, arrives at a pivotal time for our embattled and legendary symphony. He’ll take […]
What The Orchestra Needs Is A Little “Supercalifragilistic-Expialidocious”
The next time the bankrupt Philadelphia Orchestra takes the stage at the Kimmel Center, it will be for a night of Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagète and […]
The Cost of Losing the Philadelphia Orchestra
Tonight’s a Philadelphia Orchestra night. I sit in the front row. Over the past 10 years, I’ve become acquainted with many violinists and cellists. Truthfully, […]
Let the Band Play On
Not long ago, I read a blog opining that one sure way to ascertain whether a city was dying or not was by counting how […]
Love (or Sue?) Thy Neighbor
Two weeks ago I attended the Condoleezza Rice and Aretha Franklin concert at the Mann. When I first saw the concert advertised, I have to […]