Category Archives: Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Long Lost Concert Program turns up on a dusty grand piano

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

One of the fringe benefits of tidying up a piano room filled with unsorted piles of music and the rest, is finding a gold mine of goodies that have been missing for months, if not years. Have you ever experienced … Continue reading →

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A Breathtaking Music Camp Finale at Merrywood!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

If I’d let my imagination run wild, I could have framed this writing around Robin Hood, because the Merrywood Music Camp that I attended so many summers ago was nestled in the Berkshires in a dense forest where a friendly … Continue reading →

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