by Lydia Leong | Feb 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
How does a concert season come together? A “season” for performing arts organizations is a lot like a school year — it starts September-ish and ends June-ish. Our season planning typically starts in the spring, when our music director proposes a...
by Lydia Leong | Feb 6, 2022 | Prep
My usual “hat” in the orchestra is the job of concertmaster. The concertmaster is the symbolic leader of the orchestra’s musicians, and the practical musician-leader of the orchestra’s string sections (first violins, second violins, violas,...
by Lydia Leong | Dec 22, 2021 | Admin
This is the Montgomery Philharmonic’s sixteenth season — its sixteenth year of existence as an adult all-volunteer community orchestra. It’s a somewhat unusual season, as we’re in the second year of a global pandemic, and musical activities are...
by Lydia Leong | Dec 20, 2021 | Admin
Like most performing arts organizations, the Montgomery Philharmonic had to cut short its 2019-2020 season, which ended with our February 2020 concert. While we did run our educational outreach program — the Youth Leadership and Chamber Music Festival — in...
by Lydia Leong | Sep 5, 2021 | Admin
Welcome to the Montgomery Philharmonic’s blog. In this blog, we’ll be bringing the journey of a community orchestra to life with behind-the-scenes tales of how we organize, prepare for, and perform concerts, as well as other outreach activities in our...
