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...
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...