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"Davida Scheffers has lived her dream in winning a contest and the opportunity to play with the dutch Orchestra. Davida suffers from an extremely painful neuromuscular condition that derailed her career, and she thought she would never get to play in a professional orchestra again... The young blond lady is her daughter and was 18 years old that day."

https://youtu.be/YqVRcFQagtI?si=A5YYHW4hLdDPQmoU

Another post that came out while I was away is #June’s #MusicBookReview all about #groups #bands and #orchestras - a great whistle stop tour of bands etc you might get to play or #sing in. #ReadMusic #books #BooksForKids

https://getkidsintomusic.com/2024/06/06/music-book-review-groups-bands-orchestras-by-roger-thomas/

Another weekend, another story of #sexism... sometimes its hard to believe this is 2024.

Now, in a sector that saw 'blind auditions' (with players behind curtains) do much to reduce sexism in #orchestras hiring practice, it seems that #female pianists are still facing discrimination(s) across the world of #classicalmusic.

So, despite seeming like a more 'civilised' area of the #musicindustry, what we still see are unacceptable discrimination & #sexualharrasment.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/03/sexism-bias-top-female-pianists-classical-music

The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony cancelled its 2022-2023 season (including the Youth Orchestra program) on the weekend (the season was to start tomorrow).

The Symphony's musicians have started a GFM -- if you can, and want to, please consider a donation.

#WaterlooRegion #Canada #Music #Orchestras #symphony #fundraiser

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-your-kwsymphony-musicians

Seeing messages online that the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony's season (which was to begin on Wednesday) "will not be commencing" and the youth orchestra's activities for the 23-24 season will not be proceding.

No reasons given. The KWS calendar went blank and the site is now down.

It seem *very* sudden, esp as they were posting job notices over the past six weeks.

Hopefully it's a minor blip and not something catastrophic.

#Canada #Arts #Culture #WaterlooRegion #Symphony #Orchestras

It's not wrong to say that the artistic and design/engineering/musical/gamedev community are the fabricators of society's dreams.

We pull on threads and like spiders weave wonderful fractal webs of colour, form and sound for the worker bees to drift into after their days in the factories and mines..

'We are the dreamers of the dreams' afx.

#design #art #music #life #lovethemes #rocksongs #orchestras #sculptors #gamedev #vr

Interesting.

"[T]he Cross-Border Orchestra of Ireland [...] has helped thousands of musicians, singers and dancers from both communities showcase their different cultures on a shared stage."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-64821371

#Music #Orchestras #NorthernIreland #Ireland #Communities