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Run It Like a Business: Aubrey Bergauer, Author and Former Executive Director of California Symphony

by Fanny Po Sim Head October 10th, 2023

Aubrey Bergauer is the Chief Executive Officer of Changing the Narrative. Prior to that, she served as the executive director of California Symphony. During the five years, she helped the symphony increase its audiences by nearly 100% and quadruple the

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Mealtime with George Frideric Handel

by Georg Predota July 30th, 2024

According to early biographers, George Frideric Handel was “in his person a large and portly man. His gait which was ever sauntering, was rather ungraceful as it had in it somewhat of that rocking motion which distinguishes those whose legs

Lutes and Flutes

by Maureen Buja October 17th, 2023

Combining Dutch precision with Flemish grandeur, the still-life paintings by Jan Davidz de Heem changed the world of painting. Taking the idea of pronkstileven (sumptuous still-life) as his mantra, de Heem produced pictures of enormous size. One that has recently

All the World in a Movement: Mendelssohn’s Capriccio brilliant

By collapsing all the movements into one, Mendelssohn is able to create a condensed work that touches on all the aspects of a concerto, but in a mere 10 minutes. Have a listen!

Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant, Op. 22, MWV O8

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Tone Poems of China II

February 23rd, 2024

Let’s continue to explore more contemporary Chinese music. Xu Zhenmin: “A Tone Picture of Border Village” (Shanghai Orchestra; Peng Cao, cond.) The contemporary Chinese composer Xu Zhenmin uses a variety of modern compositional techniques while simultaneously imagining the unique color

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