Late July update
It may seem as though July and August would be quiet times at the RCO. Not so much, I’m afraid, from the perspective of someone in the office everyday. Obviously the RCO is currently between regular seasons, and we’re months away from the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. But as many of you know, July – Artown month – has become one of the busiest months of the year, especially for musicians and other artists.
On July 13 the RCO presented the “Nevada Chamber Music Festival in July” concert, the first of what we hope will become annual summer concerts featuring our great Festival musicians. Scott Faulkner and I also presented our first two “Experience Music” talks on musical subjects. We’ve been talking about doing these talks for a long time, and now that we’ve done a couple for very receptive audiences, we hope they’ll become a regular thing. By the way, Scott and/or I are always glad to make presentations about the RCO, and music in general, at senior residences or schools or whatever. If you’re interested in having one or both of us speak, give the RCO office a call at (775) 348-9413.
My big project in the coming weeks – and it’s always a major focus for the RCO – is raising money. A number of grant applications will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. Happily, over one-third of the RCO’s 2008-9 fiscal year budget of about $600,000 has already been raised. But, if my memories of math class are accurate, that means that we still need to raise about two-thirds of the budget. So if you haven’t yet purchased your season tickets, why not take care of it right now with a phone call to (775) 348-9413.
We’re also getting geared up for our season opening concerts on September 20 and 21. In fact, a planning meeting for those very important concerts took place just yesterday, and another of my projects in the next week or two is putting together the concert program, including program notes, biographical information, advertising, and so on. The score and the individual musician parts of Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light… have arrived at our office, and we’re all ecstatic about this World Premiere, the second work commissioned through the nationwide Ford Made in America project. In fact, we’ve had the opportunity to hear a computer realization of the music prepared by Mr. Schwantner, and the music is very cool, believe me. You won’t want to miss this! A number of special events, dinners, lectures, master classes, and so on are in the works, about which you’ll be able to read soon.
We also are working on making our website more informative and organized, with the opportunity to purchase tickets online as part of the mix. These changes should be making their appearance in August. If you have suggestions as to what you’d like to see at our website, please feel free to email me at info@renochamberorchestra.org and we’ll see what we can do.
Gosh, there’s a lot to get done. I better get back to work…
On July 13 the RCO presented the “Nevada Chamber Music Festival in July” concert, the first of what we hope will become annual summer concerts featuring our great Festival musicians. Scott Faulkner and I also presented our first two “Experience Music” talks on musical subjects. We’ve been talking about doing these talks for a long time, and now that we’ve done a couple for very receptive audiences, we hope they’ll become a regular thing. By the way, Scott and/or I are always glad to make presentations about the RCO, and music in general, at senior residences or schools or whatever. If you’re interested in having one or both of us speak, give the RCO office a call at (775) 348-9413.
My big project in the coming weeks – and it’s always a major focus for the RCO – is raising money. A number of grant applications will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. Happily, over one-third of the RCO’s 2008-9 fiscal year budget of about $600,000 has already been raised. But, if my memories of math class are accurate, that means that we still need to raise about two-thirds of the budget. So if you haven’t yet purchased your season tickets, why not take care of it right now with a phone call to (775) 348-9413.
We’re also getting geared up for our season opening concerts on September 20 and 21. In fact, a planning meeting for those very important concerts took place just yesterday, and another of my projects in the next week or two is putting together the concert program, including program notes, biographical information, advertising, and so on. The score and the individual musician parts of Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light… have arrived at our office, and we’re all ecstatic about this World Premiere, the second work commissioned through the nationwide Ford Made in America project. In fact, we’ve had the opportunity to hear a computer realization of the music prepared by Mr. Schwantner, and the music is very cool, believe me. You won’t want to miss this! A number of special events, dinners, lectures, master classes, and so on are in the works, about which you’ll be able to read soon.
We also are working on making our website more informative and organized, with the opportunity to purchase tickets online as part of the mix. These changes should be making their appearance in August. If you have suggestions as to what you’d like to see at our website, please feel free to email me at info@renochamberorchestra.org and we’ll see what we can do.
Gosh, there’s a lot to get done. I better get back to work…
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