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Random musings on government support of orchestras and of the arts

Posted on March 28, 2019 by admin

Late last year, I shared some photos on Facebook that I’d just taken of a new concert venue in México,...

The following article recently appeared in the March 2019 edition of 'Senza Sordino' - the quarterly journal of the International...

During my very first week in Europe, which was years ago while on tour with the Utah Symphony, Shirley and...

Built in the same ‘Brutalist’ architectural style (popular in the fifties through the seventies) as the Nezahualcóyotl Hall in Mexico...

Posted on January 7, 2019 by admin

We’ve been staying in the Puebla area the past few weeks and I’ll have an article coming down the road...

The Filarmónica de Querétaro splits its masterworks and pops performances principally between two halls: the downtown Teatro de la Republica,...

We left Mexico City in October and traveled three hours north by bus to the city of Querétaro, and it...

Posted on October 4, 2018 by admin

Shirley and I are wrapping up Part One of our year south of the border in México City, and are...

Part One - A Timpanist learns about tacos & such. Five years before starting work in Mexico City, I was...

The Minería was my former orchestra before moving to Salt Lake, and I was Timpanist down here for the OSM’s...