Last Sunday, I went with my alto buds to hear the Curtis Symphony play at Verizon Hall. The students at Curtis are phenomenal musicians who get a free musical education and go on to play in orchestras around the world. They are from 14 to 26 years old and are just amazing to watch. A few of them go to my church and play fairly frequently there. The musicians hold free recitals several days each week, so for people that live in Center City, there is no excuse to not hear great music.
A few blocks away from Curtis is the Academy of Vocal Arts, a four year training program for opera singers. A number of members of our choir are or have been resident artists there (which, by the way, does not hurt the quality of said choir). They perform operas throughout the year, and I finally went to my first last year, and hope to go to more this year. I’m trying to catch up on my culture!
And the point of this post? Not a clue.
Logging events as they happen can always have value in the future that was unforseen in the past.
thanks, geof. i’ll keep that in mind.
I can’t tell you HOW MANY times it’s worked for me.
I agree with Geof.