US virtual summer music camps in the pandemic

PIMF virtual wind and brass class with Maestro Thomas Hong

What they missed in 2020: Aspen Festival campus

Virtual flute class at Interlochen, led by Detroit Symphony's Hannah Hammel

By Linda Holt, 21 September 2020

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“With their programs pretty much finalized, these camps had to go back to the drawing board”

Kurt Gottschalk, 21st March

The violinist talks about her pandemic commissioning project as well the work she does that extends beyond performing concerts as Arco Collaborative’s artistic director and its primary performing artist.

Getting back to the theater, as safely as possible

Cameron Kelsall, 4th October

As a theater critic, I’m prioritizing coverage of events that require Covid vaccination for all.

We need mask mandates and a health pass. Now.

David Karlin, 28th September

The terror that keeps the performing arts awake at night is that audiences won’t return because they are not confident of attending an event without risking Covid-19 infection.

Dropping the mask: are we jeopardising the arts’ recovery?

Mark Pullinger, 24th September

New seasons are starting and classical music venues are throwing their doors open to the public. But are they also throwing caution to the wind?

The Siam Sinfonietta uses lockdown to film a homage to B horror movies

Laura Volpi, 9th July

We spoke to Thai-American composer and Siam Sinfonietta's founder Somtow Sucharitkul and Thailand-based British film director Paul Spurrier about this unique project born from lockdown restrictions.

“I’ve felt very lucky to be a composer”: Missy Mazzoli

Cameron Kelsall, 21st May

The composer-in-residence at Bergen International Festival has been more productive than ever during the pandemic. She tells us how.

Linda Holt

Linda Holt writes about classical music for broadstreetreview.com and newyorkclassicalreview.com, with a special interest in the life and works of Beethoven. She has a doctorate in arts-and-letters from Drew University (U.S.), studied music theory and history at Rider University, and teaches humanities courses. She is president of the Princeton Research Forum ( princetonresearchforum.org ) and member of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society and American Beethoven Society. As L.L. Holt, she is the author of two acclaimed novels based on Beethoven’s early years: Invictus (Harvard Square Editions, 2019) and The Black Spaniard (Unsolicited Press, 2016).

Love the lessons, miss the people: US virtual summer music camps in the pandemic