Register Guard: ‘Romeo & Juliet’: Eugene Ballet moves to a flaming score
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 Ballet’s production. “Anytime we get to present a performance with live music, it’s the ultimate…
Peer Gynt – World Premiere with Orchestra Next & Eugene Ballet
Eugene Ballet preview: dance of the mountain king The People of Peer Gynt: Brian McWhorter
Left Hand of Darkness
“Original music by Brian McWhorter, director of Orchestra Next, offers gorgeous harmonies and compelling percussion in several songs with lyrics derived from the book.” The Register Guard, Nov. 7, 2017
Eugene Weekly: “The Nutcracker” Review
“Brian McWhorter’s Orchestra NEXT and the Cantible Collective, under direction of Chris Dobson, elevate the effort from enjoyable to resplendent.”
Eugene Weekly: “Great Gatsby” at Eugene Ballet Company
“Set to music by Wynton Marsalis, the full-length work pulses like a pot on simmer, that slowly comes to a rolling boil, heating up with intrigue and the omnipresent humidity of an inescapable (pre air conditioning) New York summer. The…
EW: Eugene Ballet Dazzles with Concert Choir/Orchestra Next Collaboration
“Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, pulled out all the stops in a tour de force collaboration between EBC, the Eugene Concert Choir (along with talented children from the Festival Choirs, under the direction of Chris Dobson) and Orchestra Next, all held together under the vigilant eye of conductor Brian McWhorter.”
Sound American: Brian McWhorter on the Sports Ritual; Ritual and Practice
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
Eugene Art Talk: A night in the pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’
A night in the pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’