Violist (aren’t we an enterprising bunch?!) Sam Bergman of the Minnesota Orchestra has been writing and hosting the educational series called Inside the Classics.
Here’s a link to the accompanying blog, which includes video interviews and podcasts. Very nicely done, I must say!
This year’s series of three concerts covers Stravinksy’s Firebird, Tchakovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
It’s a very similar concept to the OSO’s Inside the Score (and there are many other versions with almost every major orchestra in the country running their own take on the concept), but I like the fact that it’s a musician run initiative, with Sam curating the series and speaking at the concerts.
I like this idea a lot…