The old band is starting to rejuvenate ahead of the Dude’s eventual arrival.
L-r: Associate principal/E-flat clarinet Ben Adler, violist Tabitha Rhee, fourth horn Tanner West, and violist Sofia Basile.
The following notice has gone up in Symphony…
press release: CHICAGO – Riccardo Muti leads the…
The orchestra is bidding farewell to Alessandro Cappone,…
The cornerstone Anglican church is offloading its choir…
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I can’t understand that why and how NY Phil is so slow to filling their positions. Even Berlin Phil – which is famous to take time in appointments – is a bit faster than NY Phil. It has 8 years when Nuccio moved to Houston’s principal clarinet chair so NY Phil have a lot of time to find suitable clarinetist. Same thing when bass clarinetist Freeman retired in 2009 (7 year search).
But finally they find good player so wishing many happy years to Mr. Adler and other new appointments.
Still no principal horn…..
Maybe Ralske comes back. He was their best, or at least their most consistent player.
Yeah, right…
What makes an orchestra old is not intentional, it is because of life tenure. If there were open, blind, auditions every 5 years….
Try to get the A.F. M. to agree to that.
Try getting top-level players to audition for an orchestra with no job security, and in the most expensive city in the country.
It‘s great the A.F.M can order the audiences to buy tickets and fill the seats for all eternity. We are all safe.
Why did dinosaurs get extinct again?
What a stupid idea….on every level. Is the current system great? No, but to replace that with utter chaos is about as braindead an idea as I’ve ever heard.
Any other dramatic news?
Tanner is a great player! Congrats!!
I was at the philharmonic last weekend and did noticed them, Congratulations!
Didn’t they fill 3 cello spots in from an audition earlier this year? What happened to them?
Still, they’re a much more inferior orchestra compared to the Cleveland Orchestra or Boston. Also, the all black concert wear is ghastly. Why does NY, Philly, and LA do this now? What’s next for concert clothing? T-shirt and jeans?
An often overlooked factor is that many MD contracts stipulate that they must be present at all auditions. If the MD is only in town for a set number of weeks then there are only so many opportunities to hold auditions. Stack on top of that the instances where there is a no-hire and you can see why these positions take a while to hire, as well as when an MD chooses to veto a hiring vote by a committee (which can also happen depending on the specific language of a trade agreement and/or MD contract).