I recently wrote this Thank You/Note of Support to the Locked Out Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra. Thought it was fitting to post on here.
A few months ago, musician and violist (get it? Musician AND violist...) Sam Bergman, wrote a blog about society’s obsession with amazing moments at different events. He wrote about how a home run in baseball can be easily built up to an incredible moment, yet easily forgotten within days or weeks of the game; he drew the same comparison to music, where the audience often expects something amazing and may lack satisfaction with a “regular”, high quality performance. While I agree with the message that came from his blog post, I must take a moment to sit back, think about Mr. Bergman, and smile with a sort of “I told you so” grin (even though I never did such a thing) because this has been a night I (and he) may never forget.
