Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert — a chat with guest conductor Michael Butterman

Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert — a chat with guest conductor Michael Butterman (ClevelandClassical.com, 5/7/13)
http://clevelandclassical.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/preview-cleveland-orchestra-family-concert-a-chat-with-guest-conductor-michael-butterman/

A poem about a Jacksonville Symphony performance

Butterman

"This poem is about Michael Butterman, the conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra during their performance of Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes on April 19, 2013. I was very inspired by the theme of the evening, which also featured Angela Brown singing A Woman’s Life by Richard Danielpour, which was inspired by poetry by Maya Angelou. During Les Préludes the words just started coming to me, inspired definitely by the music, but also by the conductor. I used the prompt for Day 18 of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) to get my poem started, which was to begin and end a poem with the same word."

Read the full poem

Boulder Phil finale a celebration of nordic nature

Boulder Phil finale a celebration of nordic nature (Daily Camera, 4/20/13)
http://www.dailycamera.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/ci_23064503/boulder-philharmonic-2013-season-finale-features-violinist-jennifer-koh

From the conductor: Jacksonville Symphony presents 7 poems by Maya Angelou, set to music

From the conductor: Jacksonville Symphony presents 7 poems by Maya Angelou, set to music (Times-Union/Jacksonville.com, 4/16/13)
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/arts/2013-04-16/story/conductor-jacksonville-symphony-presents-7-poems-maya-angelou