MONTEREY SYMPHONY STARTS 70TH SEASON

MAX BRAGADO conducts orchestral music by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss plus Shostakovich’s First Symphony. Click the display ad, left, for details.

MARIN ALSOP SCORES BIG IN HAVANA

FIRST AMERICAN CONDUCTOR chosen to make orchestral détente with Caribbean neighbor. Click HERE

WHEN TO BOO A CONDUCTOR

CHICAGO SYMPHONY’s Riccardo Muti, “The next time you go to a concert and see a conductor who moves more than is necessary…you have to boo.” To read the rest of the interview, click HERE

CONDUCTING CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS

DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES, former Cabrillo Festival music director, suffers serious injury on the podium in Germany that requires surgery. Click HERE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUNCH

SPAGHETTI with parmesan and surprising sauce. Elaine G sent this enchanting link. Click HERE

PAGETURNER SAVES CONCERT

SHEETMUSIC goes down for both performers. Click HERE

PERFORMING ARTS PEOPLE

PHILIP PEARCE celebrates Monterey County actor Michael Robbins. Click HERE

FRESH REVIEWS

AFFAIRS OF MILDRED WILD at Mountain Community Theater, reviewed by Philip Pearce. Click HERE

SANTA CRUZ Symphony’s “Inventing America.” Click HERE

Scott MacClelland, editor