Brian McWhorter, a hyperactive founder and the always entertaining conductor of Eugene’s student/professional OrchestraNext, is adding a new musical challenge to his portfolio: running the Oregon Mozart Players.
Category: Press
OAW: Aspirants and educators: Orchestra Next’s decade of dance music
Aspirants and educators: Orchestra Next’s decade of dance music
OAW: Eugene Ballet gives a Shakespeare classic a feminist twist
Eugene Ballet gives a Shakespeare classic a feminist twist
Arts Watch Interview: Coping with catastrophe
Coping with catastrophe
Eugene Weekly: Keeping Score
Orchestra Next’s Brian McWhorter has re-orchestrated Eugene Ballet’s Swan Lake from a mystery recording
KLCC: Eugene Ballet & Orchestra NEXT To Perform Swan Lake
From the interview: McWhorter: “For the first time in the ballet’s history, we’re performing live music to Swan Lake....
Register Guard Review: ‘Firebird’ the star of a splendid evening of ballet
“The star of the evening was the premiere of Suzanne Haag’s “The Firebird,” with Igor Stravinsky’s music played live...
Daily Emerald: Eugene Ballet Presents a Post-Apocalyptic Take On A Classic
https://www.dailyemerald.com/arts-culture/preview-eugene-ballet-presents-a-post-apocalyptic-take-on-a/article_62ffbefe-5cde-11e9-a128-bfa8bfaaa8d2.html
Oregon Arts Watch: Suzanne Haag plays with fire
Suzanne Haag plays with fire
Eugene Weekly: Love Hurts EBC and Orchestra Next collaborate on a first-rate Romeo & Juliet
https://www.eugeneweekly.com/2019/02/14/love-hurts/