Scott Faulkner
I have the incredible honor to serve as faculty director of the League of American Orchestras’ Essentials of Orchestra Management program. This year it takes place July 22-31 at the Juilliard School. This 10-day bootcamp/thinktank/seminar covers all things orchestra management and is taught by experts from...
Rosine Bena
Excitement is brewing at Sierra Nevada Ballet as the company prepares to open the hilarious full-length story ballet 12th Night - A Ballet Noir for the Artown Festival. This work is choreographed by SNB Principal/Associate Artistic Director Ananda Bena-Weber, and is based on the popular Shakespeare comedy about Viola and Sebastian...
Chuck Reider
The Reno Jazz Orchestra (RJO) presents Jones’ music legacy on July 21 as a part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare’s Monday Night Showcase music series and on July 22 as a part of Artown at UNR’s Quad. Quincy Jones embodied the American dream, from the streets of Chicago to the rarified air of the musical elite...
STEVE TROUNDAY
Last week, the Reno Rodeo celebrate 107 years of Wild West family fun. Over the years, I’ve talked about the challenges of selling ballet to a rodeo town and how this has changed. Prior to the pandemic, A.V.A. Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, has had record ticket sales over the past 20 years and it appears that the cowboys...
