Montgomery Philharmonic: Journal of a Season's Journey
Welcome
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...
Leadership skills and chamber music
During the summers, the Montgomery Philharmonic runs a free chamber music program for middle school and high school students: our Youth Leadership and Chamber Music Festival (YLCMF). A non-musician might very reasonably ask: What do chamber music and leadership skills...
Designing the season’s programs
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 season theme (which...
Bowing string parts
Figuring out bowings for orchestral string sections involves a lot of preparation and thought.
A season in the life of a community orchestra
What is a community orchestra and what goes into a performance season?
Preparing our sixteenth season
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 summer...