Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Search Goes On and On
In case your snow-thwarted paper carrier prevented you from being able to read an update on the Philadelphia Orchestra's music director search, here's the latest.
Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Search Goes On and On
Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Classical Music Critic
In case your snow-thwarted paper carrier prevented you from being able to read an update on the Philadelphia Orchestra's music director search, here's the latest.
The Orchestra needs an infusion of youth and not just at the conductor level. Many of the Orchestra members are well past retirement age and they are set in thier ways. Change of anykind is not welcome and they are perfectly happy only playing to the "I don't leave my apartment at night" crowd who attend Friday afternoon concerts. The orchestra will slowly whither away without an infusion of youth which is what's happening. There also needs to be more music appreciation education in the public and private schools to cultivate the future audience. The Orchestra members should be out in the community doing just that. While there are some who are pariticipating in these types of programs, the participation level is low compared to the need in the community.— Usct51
Peter Dobrin is a classical music critic and culture writer for The Inquirer. Since 1989, he has written music reviews, features, news and commentary for the paper, covering such topics as the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the Venice Biennale, expansion of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Philadelphia Orchestra's bankruptcy declaration in 2011, Philadelphia's evolving performing arts center and the general health of arts and culture.
Dobrin was a French horn player. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Elliott Galkin. He has no time to practice today.
