josephirvinghorowiApr 25, 20234 minMahler vs. Toscanini — and this Saturday’s “Mahler Hour” on Zoom“How would you compare Mahler and Toscanini in New York?” asked Kenneth Woods, Artistic Director of Boulder’s Colorado MahlerFest, in a...
josephirvinghorowiApr 24, 20234 min“Shostakovich in South Dakota” on NPR — A New Template for OrchestrasMy NPR “More than Music” program “Shostakovich in South Dakota” can now be accessed here. I document the impact of a remarkable...
josephirvinghorowiApr 20, 20232 min“Drastically revising our idea of who a music director is” — The South Dakota SympThe Creekside Singers performing with the South Dakota Symphony “There’s just a tremendous amount of caution, a tremendous amount of...
josephirvinghorowiApr 18, 20233 minFive Festivals for the Charles Ives SesquicentenaryThe National Endowment for the Humanities today announced a $400,000 grant to resume “Music Unwound,” a national consortium of orchestras...