Your Performance Partners
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Performing Arts on the Fringes
August 12, 2014This week we’re inspired to explore the “fringe” movement and its growing influence in the performing arts. The 21st annual Minnesota Fringe Festival (MFF) […]
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Rigging Problems, Part I: Where Should You Look for Signs of Wear?
August 5, 2014Equipment will wear down through regular use. If you increase the load, you increase the rate of wear. Do you know the common trouble […]
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Performing Arts on Main Street
July 29, 2014The title “Performing Arts” often connotes high-brow images of luxury: tuxedo-clad conductor, formally dressed musicians, wealthy patrons, multi-million dollar concert hall, etc. That aura […]
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Are Broadway Musicals Too Loud?
July 22, 2014“The increasingly loud, sometimes impossibly obstreperous volume of most recent Broadway musicals is the result of a perfect storm of the evolution in popular […]
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Freedom & Music
July 8, 2014In the shadow of July 4th celebrations across the U.S., we’re inspired to briefly reflect on some of the ways freedom and music are […]
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Musicians, Like Athletes, Need Proper Equipment
July 1, 2014“There are many similarities between what the human body is asked to do in sports and in music,” explains Dr. William J. Dawson, Past […]
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Digital Orchestra Stirs Up Controversy
June 24, 2014Opera can excite emotions and provoke passions…even before the curtain is raised. A recent proposal to stage the “Ring” cycle using a digital orchestra […]
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Innovation on Fire: Reviewing Fire Curtain History
June 17, 2014So many of today’s laws and standards come from the fact that someone, often many years ago, made a foolish mistake. That’s exactly how […]
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Making Music…Organ-ically!
June 10, 2014Imagine your fingertips commanding the sound of a full symphony orchestra…and no, not with your iPod! Musicians who play a pipe organ don’t have […]