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Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program offers online workshops to support students, parents and teachers during the 2020-2021 season

September 16, 2020 in /by

Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program (ORP) is pleased to offer a selection of online workshops to support youth orchestras during the 2020-2021 season in an effort to help keep young musicians engaged, motivated and excited during these unusual times. These ORP offerings are available on a first-come, first-served basis and range from a masterclass to workshops on how to practice, presentations for parents and teachers and opportunities to speak with local legislatures. The workshop activities are being offered at no charge to youth orchestras in good standing with the League of American Orchestras. Each workshop is approximately one hour in length. Category A: For Students *This program could be supplemented with […]

FROM MIDORI – JULY 2020

July 28, 2020 in , /by

Dear Friends, I hope the uncertain situation we are living under has not impacted us in only negative ways. While I find the current circumstances to be challenging, I am doing my best to protect myself and others, to be as productive as possible, and to participate consciously in my community. Much of our attention is inevitably drawn to the repercussions of COVID; yet there are other events, both positive and negative, taking place in the world, including circumstances that cry out for our attention such as the long-term effects of global warming, for example, and the historical and more recent inequalities in communities that hinder progress and cast a […]