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Free Music For You!
In the spirit of the holidays, I am delighted to share a link with you that will get you free music downloads from one of the greatest orchestras in the world. These are outstanding recordings of...
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Things Are Changing!
This will be my last blog of the year. Soon after the first of January there will be some significant changes coming to chicagoclassicalmusic.org. We will be re-launching the site including a new...
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Chicago Opera Theater has a really cool, fun You Tube promotion going on right now that one of the Chicago Sinfonietta musicians recently emailed me about. Kudos to COT for getting this creative,...
View ArticleNorman Pellegrini, in memoriam
Norman Pellegrini, long-time program director for WFMT radio, passed away early this morning. Norm helped to launch the Chicago Chamber Musicians at the inception of the organization in the mid-1980s,...
View ArticleJack of All Trades
Latest news is that Michael Jackson may have had some classical compositions in process. Not the only pop star turned composer, Paul McCartney quickly comes to my mind as another whos strictly...
View ArticlePug, Nacho Cheese Chips... Verdi??
For those of you who watched the Super Bowl this past year, this commercial is nothing new. It has over 3 million YouTube hits - for a commercial, I say that is pretty impressive. I just encountered it...
View ArticleDigital Danger or Delight?
Ok. It happened. My one week free trial of the Metropolitan Opera's MetPlayer expired and I got sucked into buying a month's subscription. Currently, I am in the process of making my way through the...
View ArticleAnd the Winner Is....
And the Winner Is...Sometimes it’s really fun to be the Executive Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta. Aside from the day-to-day challenges of selling tickets and subscriptions, raising enough money...
View ArticleHello Hollywood! Classical music at the movies
I have an embarrassing admission. This weekend while I was watching the television, I saw an interesting commercial with a completely gorgeous song in it. I could have sworn up and down that the song...
View ArticleBeethoven, Public Transportation’s Secret Crime Prevention Instrument
Author: Kerri Anne MaloneThe last time you stepped into a public transit station, what have you heard? In my hometown of Elgin, as well as in Chicago, I can only remember echoed conversations mixed...
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