Sunday, September 21, 2008
CMU Philharmonic composes bold plan
Post Gazette: "In his first year, Zahler has taken major steps to enhance the 100-member Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic, already considered among the top university orchestras in the country. Next on the list is auditioning candidates to be conductor, starting with a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland."
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I'm surprised the Music School feels they have enough room for a doubled class of 2012 when their main performance space was just shut down this year. I'm happy to see their efforts towards change this year however. I hear from every music student how incredible their string program is and it seems its being highlighted with the introduction of a new group in residence.
The part of this article that sruck me wit excitement, was at the end when the mentioned working with the music technology program adding collaboration with other schools. As someone interested in music technology, it is exciting to see attention paid to this somewhat less developed program. On the other hand, i would agree that this sounds like a lot of talk of expansion and growth, while some of the physical restrictions of CFA (Kresge) are getting smaller.
It is exciting to see that the School of Music is forging ahead and working with the spacial restrictions placed on them by both the large freshman class and the closure of the Kresge. The Music program at CMU is excellent and I am really excited to get to see some of their concerts this year (hopefully I will have the time).
What interested me the most about this article was the Music Technology program that is being added. I think that it emphasizes the interdisciplinary thinking of the university. It is nice that the School of Music will be reaching out of CFA to interact with some of the other colleges on campus.
The CMU Phil sounds like quite a distinguished group of musicians. It's nice to know that they are consistently working to improve themselves and the program and are getting involved in the technology end of things, which could prove very beneficial in the future.
I'd love to go to a concert some day in my imaginary free time.
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