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A look at the Money Side of the Music Business
Today is June 30th, the last day of The Schubert Club’s fiscal year – ours and many other non-profit organizations’ too. We have all received…
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Accordo and Hill House Chamber Players – professional musicians thriving in independent ensembles
Last week, we announced the new programs and dates for Accordo’s 6th season. Accordo is a string ensemble of 8…
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Blog: What makes concert halls great?
Last week I wrote about moving our International Artist Series to the new Ordway Concert Hall in the 2015-16 season. We have three straightforward reasons…
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Blog: Smaller is beautiful
At our Annual Luncheon last Wednesday, I announced that the majority of our International Artist Series recitals will move to the new 1100-seat Ordway Concert…
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Multi-media – the way of the future?
Tomorrow evening, our 2013-14 concert season ends with a Schubert Club Mix series performance. In partnership with the SPCO’s Liquid Music and…
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Where are we with our program planning?
I’m often asked how far in advance we book artists for Schubert Club concerts. Sometimes you hear of singers and conductors with opera commitments three,…
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A Great Singer and an Unsung Hero
I’m a day later than usual getting to my blog. Yesterday, all at The Schubert Club (myself included) were preoccupied with our final recital of…
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The New Standards – Live Music at its Best
Yesterday The Schubert Club and the Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation joined forces to celebrate two anniversaries: Music in the Park Series’ 35th and the…
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Encouraging Young Musicians for over 120 Years
I wrote recently about the Student Scholarship Competition and the enthusiasm that board members, our staff and I personally have for this showcase of the…
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Music and Much More in Our Museum
Over the past few days, it has dawned on me that we are nearing the end of our season. On Thursday of last week we…
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Board Members – Unsung Heroes
Here at The Schubert Club, we’re going through one of those intensive board and committee meeting spurts which many non-profit organizations have from time to…
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Celebrating Living Composers and their Individual Voices
Every once in a while – sometimes more often – I run into people who are adamant they don’t like contemporary music, period. Yesterday evening’s…