The only way to start a review of Thursday night’s concert by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, led by guest conductor Ward Stare, is to discuss the final work on the program. Given the grey winter skies outside and the earlier program works being full of dissonances, “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin, featuring pianist Terrence […]
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The next act for the RPO
The two sides in the Rochester Philharmonic fight will likely be back in court soon. At first blush, a court ruling on Monday seemed to be a clear win for the RPO board: State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Fisher basically tossed out requests from a group of dissident RPO members. Upset that the board fired […]
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RPO drama #2
The attorney for dissidents upset over the firing of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra music director Arild Remmereit are preparing to head back to court after a ruling on Monday that sided with the RPO board. | Attorney Eileen Buholtz said Tuesday morning that she’s preparing a new filing, asking the court to void the RPO’s annual […]
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RPO drama #2
The attorney for dissidents upset over the firing of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra music director Arild Remmereit are preparing to head back to court after a ruling on Monday that sided with the RPO board. Attorney Eileen Buholtz said Tuesday morning that she’s preparing a new filing, asking the court to void the RPO’s annual […]
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ARTS: Remmereit to conduct Rochester Chamber Orchestra
The group identifying itself as RPO Community Supporters announced today that Arild Remmereit, the recently fired music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, will be conducting a benefit concert for the Rochester Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, February 24. The group also noted in its press release that Remmereit will be guest conducting at the Buffalo […]
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RPO board chair: organization has ‘tried to take the high ground’
Between the balance sheet, the newspaper headlines, and the crowded hall at the Eastman Theatre last night, it’s painfully obvious that the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is experiencing a turbulent time. RPO members who attended Wednesday’s annual meeting to either support or challenge the board’s controversial decision to end Music Director Arild Remmereit’s contract early, were […]
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RPO elects board members
This is a corrected version of this story. UPDATE (Jan. 23, 8:20 p.m.): The RPO elected eight members to its board of directors during its annual meeting Wednesday night. All of the members were backed by the RPO board. Write-in votes for alternate candidates were apparently received, but not counted. The meeting was testy at […]
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Lawsuit could halt today’s RPO board meeting
Attorney Eileen Buholtz has filed a lawsuit against the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s board. And her filings include a request for a temporary restraining order which, if granted, would postpone today’s annual meeting of the board. The case has been assigned to State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Fisher. Buholtz says she expects to have a phone […]
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ARTS: RPO announces program, conductor for 2014 Carnegie Hall concert
Today the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Spring for Music festival announced the programming for the RPO’s scheduled 2014 concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, as well as the conductor who will lead the orchestra during the performance. Michael Christie, the music director of the Phoenix Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, and the Minnesota Opera, […]
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RPO dissidents form opposition slate
Supporters of conductor Arild Remmereit have formed a slate
of opposition candidates for membership on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
board of directors.
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ARTS: RPO, musicians approve new four-year agreement
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced this afternoon that its Board of Directors and the Musicians’ Negotiating Committee have approved a new four-year musician agreement. The full press statement appears below. Although details of the contract were not disclosed, the release states that the musicians will make “painful concessions” (per the Musicians’ Negotiating Committee Co-Chair) in […]
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ARTS: RPO schedules guest conductors for January concerts
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced today that guest conductors will fill in for its January programs devoted to works by Mozart — concerts that were originally scheduled to be conducted by RPO Music Director Arild Remmereit. These were to be the first RPO concerts featuring Remmereit on the podium since the orchestra’s board voted in […]
