Conducting Mozart – part 3
Yesterday was my third conducting lesson, thanks to Maestro Sidney Rothstein. He pronounced me as “acceptable”; i.e. that I had learned enough about conducting to not embarrass myself and the orchestra. He magnanimously offered me many great suggestions for how to improve my technique and add more expression to the conducting. Earlier tonight was my […]
Conducting Mozart – part 2
The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra seems to get better each year thanks to the outstanding leadership of Sidney Rothstein, music director, and Sabina Slavin, president. I included some information about Saturday night’s concert (10-26-2002) in “my favorite concerts” list but I couldn’t begin to do justice in describing it. See a complete review by Courtenay Caublé […]
Conducting Mozart 25.1 – Part 1
I am very fortunate to have many hobbies — especially motorcycling and music. I wrote about the origins of my love of music back in December 2000 (with a few minor edits since) so I won’t repeat it here — suffice it to say that my interest in music has continued to increase. I find […]
All-Mozart program played in new venue
Marvelous Mozart Concert at Rigefield Playhouse – January 5, 2002 Review By Frank Merkling Danbury News-Times ARTS CRITIC RIDGEFIELD — The twelfth day of Christmas brought to this town not twelve drummers drumming but a new site for certain Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra concerts. On Saturday night Sidney Rothstein conducted an all-Mozart program in the Ridgefield […]
Running With Mozart
While on vacation during August (1997) I was out for a run one day. It was a lazy three mile jog and the heat and humidity were not pleasant. I was carrying a Sony SRF-M70 FM/AM Walkman Sports radio. Normally, reception in the mountains where I run on vacation is not very good, but I […]
