Musicians struggle to make ends meet

[OMGWTF]

Joe Blow wrote:

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Where DOES all that tax money go?

why do you think the average salary for UH administrators is beyond 200K ?

[OMGWTF]

Joe Blow wrote:

Where are those people who were anonymously coming up with that "extra" $400,000 a year for June Jones?
Now that June has left town and doesn't need their money, they could make a similar anonymous $400,000 donation to the Symphony.

sun will rise from the west before UH football fans donate their bucks to symphony.

[NO SURPRISE HERE]

Again no surprise here.....If its not the State......its the City that is messing up!

[DestroyIgnorance]

Congratulations! You have just proved the theory that there is no limit to human stupidity. Your posts are an orgy of stultifying cacophonous verbal depravity; an exercise in literary impotence, and an offense to all of good taste and decency.I would suggest to all of you who think that having a fabolous ensemble of excellent of live performing symphony musicians it's just a LUXURY to google that definition: Liberal Arts and go read that on wikipedia.Probably you would understand better the importance of classical music in your society.Maybe I'm loosing my time telling you that. Truly, you are about as interesting as watching a slug move slowly across a large rock.Moreover, Hawaian Culture is just for a minorance and a luxury as well. Should your lobby politicians stop financing that as well?keep typing,Your post is a tedious, homogenised, chameleon-esque scribble which amounts to nothing more than the demented cacophonous racket of a drugged lunatic banging loudly on kitchen pots and pans.

[OMGWTF]

DestroyIgnorance wrote:

Congratulations! You have just proved the theory that there is no limit to human stupidity.

and you are one of them!

[Jeffrey Biegel]

I have a special love of this orchestra. In 1988, I first performed with the Honolulu Symphony with the Prokofiev 3rd Concerto; in 1992, the Lalo Schifrin Concerto of the Americas--and Schifrin attended; and in 2002, the Charles Strouse Concerto America. I wish them all the best--such fine players, and a wonderful corner of the world. Surely the businesses and local audiences will make sure to keep this world-class orchestra alive. They must. Maestro delfs is one of the best music directors in the world, and they are indeed fortunate to have him there.

[greentea]

Wow - Jeffrey! What an honor for you to stop by! I have been going to the Symphony since maybe about 2000, and I indeed remember the very concert you speak of! A memorable evening indeed. It's really great how the Internet and music puts people literally on the same page!

Just some background on myself. I'm a "local girl," grew up in Waianae, went to UH - and I don't consider myself elitist - I just love orchestral music of all kinds. I love the great masters (love Brahms), the Pops and the stuff in between. Indeed, someone here mentioned Keali'i Reichel recently, which was a great concert that also featured some members of his halau. Along that lines, this season the Symphony did a tribute to the Golden Age of Hawaii Music. It was really sweet to see the Kamehameha Glee Club Alumni share the stage with Aaron Mahi and the orchestra. One of my favorite concerts this year was hearing Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 last week. One of my friends drove all the way out from Makaha to come to this show (had not been to the Symphony since "small kid time") and another from Waikele. They both never heard Brahms, and one exclaimed to me, "OK, I want to hear what you hear in this Brahms thing." When the show was done, we were in a daze, simply amazed and moved by the music. "I see exactly what you mean," she said. This coming from someone whose staple in the car stereo is hip hop (which I like, too, by the way)!

To those who are a hesitant about going to the Symphony because the the attitudes and conflicts that can arise on a board like this or the perceived notion that it's all elist - I understand. I was that way. But give the music a chance, and you might like it. And really, people are people everywhere you go. And you might find yourself enjoying the people there, too! Take care! greentea

[Listen]

Just as the music of the great Hawaiian artists is a gift to the world, so is the music of great composers everywhere. To take one and exclude the other is a mistake. As the different cultures of the world meet here in Hawaii, it is a chance to celebrate what humanity has to offer. The symphony has embraced local artists as musical collaborators for years, while bringing the treasures of the orchestral world to Hawaii, in live performance. One enriches the other. Music is without borders...it is a language that speaks to the heart of what it means to be human, because it is from the heart. If you listen to any language enough, you start to understand the beauty that is in it. The power of music proves that we are all together in this life, and the symphony offers music that has withstood the test of time. Surely this is something worth listening to.