A Milestone
Can’t believe it! I’m writing my 150th blog post. And it seems only fitting to write about another important milestone… our upcoming Two To Tango Gala At Home event. It…
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Thank You For All Of Your Good Work
Friends and relatives had been telling us for years how beautiful San Diego is. During the summer of 2015, Marcia and I decided to visit this city for the first…
Notes From Under The Piano
The Discovery Orchestra is launching a new social media initiative. At a regular meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee (hear those three words spoken in an ‘echo chamber’ in your…
The Music Paradigm®
Roger Nierenberg, a good friend and colleague of mine for forty-four years, created The Music Paradigm. The Music Paradigm presents a unique way for executives of corporations to find out…
Discover The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite has been with me a long time. Back in the 1960’s, one of Philadelphia’s grocery store chains, the Penn Fruit Company, began offering classical 33 1/3…
A Post for A Challenging Moment
You do not need me to tell you that we’ve entered a moment unlike any most of us have ever encountered in our lives. Like many of you, I stand…
This has been an incredible series. I could take in SO much more than I could at the beginning ones. You have really trained my ears!!! I have been enjoying classical music for more than 60 years (as a child my parents played classical music at dinner and we guessed the composer) but I NEVER knew how to listen before!