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Art & Seek: Tuesday Morning Roundup
Date: 12/27/2011 By Stephen Becker
"...THE YEAR IN CLASSICAL: Plenty of arts organizations had tough 2011s, but it seems that those involved in classical music were hit particularly hard. That’s the focus of Scott Cantrell’s look back at the year that was on dallasnews.com. But before looking ahead to the challenges of 2012, he does find a bright spot. “Arts organizations that best weather difficult times tend to be led by charismatic figures with bold ideas and a knack for getting people — and funders — excited about them. Looking over the Dallas-Fort Worth classical music scene, I see only one leader who fits that description: Fort Worth Opera’s Darren Woods. He has turned what used to be an embarrassment of a provincial company into one drawing national attention as well as local excitement...”
-- Stephen Becker, Art & Seek
Read the entire roundup here.
Date: 12/27/2011 By Stephen Becker
"...THE YEAR IN CLASSICAL: Plenty of arts organizations had tough 2011s, but it seems that those involved in classical music were hit particularly hard. That’s the focus of Scott Cantrell’s look back at the year that was on dallasnews.com. But before looking ahead to the challenges of 2012, he does find a bright spot. “Arts organizations that best weather difficult times tend to be led by charismatic figures with bold ideas and a knack for getting people — and funders — excited about them. Looking over the Dallas-Fort Worth classical music scene, I see only one leader who fits that description: Fort Worth Opera’s Darren Woods. He has turned what used to be an embarrassment of a provincial company into one drawing national attention as well as local excitement...”
-- Stephen Becker, Art & Seek
Read the entire roundup here.
