Ballet Outsider: Gender Politics & Power February 6, 2019 12-1:20p Tykeson Hall School of Music and Dance – University of Oregon In preparation for the…
Excerpt: Guiding this emotional tempest is Eugene’s Orchestra Next performing Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s original score, which has never been played live with the Eugene…
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ct-021-brian-mcwhorter-am-i-still-a-musician-if/id1216818150?i=1000391081253&mt=2
I was interviewed by Sound American on the topic of ritual and practice. You can find it here: http://archive.soundamerican.org/sa_archive/sa11/sa11-the-interviews.html
QUESTION 1 [THREE ON THE SAME TOPIC] Brian, what would you say are the most valuable assets to have during a performance? And even if…
“McWhorter, who studied trumpet and composition at the Juilliard School before coming to the music department at the University of Oregon, has become something of…
Disclaimer no. 1: me no blog, but I’ve been told that I can do better, so I’m hoping that blogging will suffice. Lisa Volle, who runs Third Angle (a contemporary music group in Portland) suggested that I write about whatever comes to mind. “Anything goes, Brian,” she…
“In just two years, Orchestra Next has established a training orchestra in the Willamette Valley, and become the resident orchestra for the Eugene Ballet. Music…