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( 2.9 / 689 )We will miss you.
LA Times remembers the great composer
The Ventura County Star does too
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( 3 / 582 )There was a good old-fashioned ruckus at Zankel Hall during a concert of Eotvos's music, though not because of the music, exactly. Seems that a slightly hard of hearing woman had turned her cell phone up as far as it could go, and when it went off during the concert, she was unable to find any way to stop the ringing short of answering it. Of course that was nothing compared to the drunk woman who stomped her way to the front of the hall during the concert, and then took a bow. Read the complete account here.
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( 3 / 785 )Rebuilding Libbey Bowl has become a major focus of the Ojai Music Festival during the past year. Once we realized that we could not save or salvage any part of the current structure, a group of us have been working steadily to develop a design concept, identify and work through the questions that lay ahead of moving the project forward before the current Bowl becomes inoperable, and (of course!) start raising money to ensure that there is enough support for the project to proceed.
On Thursday, Jan 15, we achieved a major benchmark for the Rebuild Libbey Bowl project. The background on the project and a proposed concept design was presented to an unprecedented meeting of all four of the City of Ojai’s commissions (Planning, Parks & Recreation, Historic, and Arts), as well as the City Council. Upon the conclusion of the presentation, the 30 attending commissioners and City Council members, as well as the 40+ audience members, erupted in applause and proceeded to congratulate the architect, David Bury, on a doing such a great job of balancing the importance of preserving the feel of the current Bowl with the need to improve its functionality for the future. You can take a look at the designs at www.LibbeyBowl.org.
The next step will require a lot of work to turn the concept into a reality with final design, more feedback, and a more escalated fundraising effort. To ensure that this project can actually move forward this summer (with demolition beginning in August 2009 and completion by June 1, 2010), we need to secure the last $1 million from the community in gifts and pledges in the next 3-6 months to ensure that we have sufficient funds to proceed.
Check back here for more information. To make a donation, please call (805) 646 2094.
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( 3 / 955 )Recently, Pitchfork TV added this video of an interview at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin TX or Steve Reich. The video features So Percussion and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Learn more about your Festival favorites here!
Video Here
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