Posted in Your Questions on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A great question from Pookie:
If you (and any other member of the orchestra who cares to answer) could wake up tomorrow and play any other instrument other than yours, which would it be and why?
Well Pookie, I feel strongly that the viola is the right instrument for me, but if I had to choose [...]
Posted in Silliness on March 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Although we all now call Buffalo home, the BPO has musicians hailing from all over the world. Jacek Muzyk, BPO Principal Horn, is from Poland and he travels home several times a year to teach and perform. This past year he brought along Alex Jokipii (trumpet) and Jonathan Lombardo (trombone) and the three of them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Each year, the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic team up to create a gargantuan One-Night-Only orchestra concert extravaganza. The concept is pretty self explanatory: The two orchestras combine, with the students sitting along side the professionals. The Side-by-Side is a pretty established tradition with orchestras, and I played [...]
Posted in Your Questions Answered on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Hooray! We got a few questions from a reader named Andi!
Let’s just dig in, shall we?
1. Kate, what do you like most and least about being in the BPO?
Hmm. Good question.
Well, I’ll give you the bad news first, I guess. Everyone has their little annoyances at work, and the BPO [...]
