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On June 3, 1875, Georges Bizet died—essentially of a broken heart — at the
age of 36, after the failure of his opera Carmen in Paris. Carmen eventually became
one of the most beloved of all operas, inspiring films (including Carmen: A Hip Hopera
starring Beyoncé Knowles), and is a popular visitor to symphonic concert halls.
Beyoncé
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Jonathan Carney
BSO Concertmaster
Q
How do you conduct while
at the same time playing?
E ver e t t Co llecti o n / Sh ut tersto ck .co m (B e yo n cé ); Ch r is Lee (Car n e y )
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A: “I use my whole being to
communicate with the ensemble.
Physical cues are common—
from the slightest smile and
faintest breath to grunts,
groans and foot stomps.
Music is an extension of our
souls, therefore we must never
be embarrassed to be ourselves
and to use everything in our
arsenal to communicate the
composer’s intent. People have
commented that I move too
much on stage; to me that is
tantamount to saying Einstein
thought too much about stuff!”
BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney
will be playing and leading the orchestra in
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons July 23 and 24.
Fantasy Camp
BSO Academy week in June
Adult musicians from across the country will rehearse and perform
alongside BSO musicians under the direction of Music Director
Marin Alsop in June. The 2015 BSO Academy has spots for
musicians on orchestral, chamber music, music educator and arts
administrator tracks. The Academy, described by The New York
Times as a “fantasy camp for amateur musicians,” allows attendees
to experience life as a member
of the orchestra.
The BSO Academy will
take place June 20–27, 2015,
with the final concert Saturday,
June 27 at 7:30 p.m. For more
information, BSOacademy.org.
The BSO Academy is supported in part
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
BSO Academy
Maestra Alsop
is teacher for a day
On her trip to Massachusetts to receive the prestigious Luise
Vosgerchian Teaching Award from Harvard (see President’s Welcome,
page 2), Marin Alsop also visited Boston University. Alsop has joined
such notables as Martin Luther King, Jr., Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall,
Robin Williams, Robert Merrill, Deborah Voigt and James McCracken
by donating her archive to the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research
Center there. The Center hosted a reception and talk with Alsop, as
part of its Friends Speaker Series, where Alsop reflected on her life and
career with an audience of B.U. students and faculty. Earlier that day,
Alsop met with conducting students and stepped in as a guest conductor for the B.U. Orchestra. “It was
a tour de force,” said Benjamin
Marin Alsop
Juarez, Dean of BU’s College of
Fine Arts. Gotlieb Center Director Vita Paladino noted, “Her
remarks and her narrative were
inspiring to music students and
faculty and to the entire audience.
Her intrepid spirit and contagious
enthusiasm were just what we
needed here in Boston.”
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