The next entry in Founding Director Arthur Wenk's diary is short and sweet, so I’ll begin it by musing a bit about the comments he made in the prior post about venues.* This may surprise some of you, but venues are one of the most annoying, challenging, and difficult decisions Artistic Directors and boards
This post is Part II of the musings of the founding Artistic Director of the Camerata, Arthur Wenk. (Please see the note below about the photo!) Before I give you his next “diary” entry, I wanted to throw in a story which the first post reminded me of. Here’s the bit I mean:
The title of this post is (almost) the beginning of the Dylan Thomas poem “Fern Hill.” This poem is going to provide what you might call the lietmotiv for the coming season, during which we will celebrate the Camerata’s 40th anniversary.
Earlier this year I put up a post asking if ukeleles ever go on sale. But while I was visiting former Cameratan Adrian Rollett and his wife Kelly in Colorado Springs I found something which perhaps should never go on sale in the broadest sense, or indeed should ever have been made in the first place.
Yesterday The Pittsburgh Camerata and Renaissance & Baroque held jointly a benefit event. It was, if I'm counting correctly, the 14th annual event for the Camerata. (Renaissance & Baroque first joined with us last year.)
I just ran across the following article in the Pacific Standard about hoarders and what makes them tick. I was very relieved to discover I'm not a hoarder per se, because they have problems categorizing things. I love to categorize things. One of my favorite things to do is go to one of those stores which have specialized thingys to organize, say, your powdered miso soup packets.
If you have a benefit you would like to promote, feel free to leave a comment below. This post is about a couple of close friends of mine who are co-hosting a fundraising event this coming Sunday, The Pittsburgh Camerata and Renaissance & Baroque. (This is my blog, so the Camerata comes first : )
"Wait just a moment," you may be saying, "how can they be your friends? They are arts organizations!"
Enough is enough. How often to we have to see the so-called “Golden Rules for Ensemble Singing” before we conductors fight back? I for one am not going to take it anymore. Here are my responses:
This post is Part II of the musings of the founding Artistic Director of the Camerata, Arthur Wenk. (Please see the note below about the photo!) Before I give you his next “diary” entry, I wanted to throw in a story which the first post reminded me of. Here’s the bit I mean:
The title of this post is (almost) the beginning of the Dylan Thomas poem “Fern Hill.” This poem is going to provide what you might call the lietmotiv for the coming season, during which we will celebrate the Camerata’s 40th anniversary. 
Earlier this year I put up a post asking if ukeleles ever go on sale. But while I was visiting former Cameratan Adrian Rollett and his wife Kelly in Colorado Springs I found something which perhaps should never go on sale in the broadest sense, or indeed should ever have been made in the first place. 
Yesterday The Pittsburgh Camerata and Renaissance & Baroque held jointly a benefit event. It was, if I'm counting correctly, the 14th annual event for the Camerata. (Renaissance & Baroque first joined with us last year.) 
I just ran across the following 
