Hey, peeps.  A joyous 4/20 to you all.  Thought there'd be no better way to spend a day typically filled with relaxation and apathy than ...

- written on a train headed back to Oslo from Bergen - Wow.  What a trip.  I seem to start every post with version of "wow," but with sce...

8:19 pm, the day before the flight to Prague And so begins the next leg of the journey:  touring with BPYO (Boston Philharmonic Youth Orc...

Oslo.  You are simply breathtaking.  As if being the happiest country in the world, having a trillion dollarsurplus, and possessing the c...

And now for part two of the Orford experience:  l'existence bucolique. It's amazing how much of a different world one discovers just a fo...

Part I:  Compassion : Patience : Musicianship For two weeks in June from the 15 - 28, by recommendation of my teacher, I attended the oct...

A stunning Symphony Hall performance of Shosty 11, a piece with which I had a somewhat spiritual experience you can read about in my "Fin...

from left to right:  Brendan O'Donnell (violin), Breanna Ellison (horn), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano) Ligeti.  Ooooh, Ligeti.  You sly, s...

from left to right:  Breanna Ellison, Eileen Coyne, Mike Alexander, Alex Henton, Dominic Brancazio This concert concluded the year-long s...