"Improved Acoustics Benefit @nycOpera" (via @NYT_Arts) http://ping.fm/HjGPn

Thanks @TheEsoterics @cnycafemomus @l_crighton @BeggarsOperaOTO for you take on Schnittke. I'll pass it along!

What do you all think of the composer, Alfred Schnittke? Our new Music Director really wants to present an entire concert of his works ...

RT @davidsrebnik "There's something about the vibrating strings that actually lowers blood pressure" Yolanda Kondonassis (@VirtuosoVoices)

"It is almost as if we [musicians] have forgotten how lucky we are to do what we do." (shared by @nobleviola) http://ping.fm/oFHZS

"Let’s face it: the current, or past, form of classical music business is no longer viable." (via @nobleviola) http://ping.fm/xPYAU

"Toned physiques...are getting a standing ovation in the[opera]genre's usually buttoned-up world." (via @LATimesnews) http://ping.fm/0Aal6

"Music may be as good as medicine, and at a fraction of the price." (via @NPR) http://ping.fm/4eo9Q

"Rossini, Riley And Remixes: New Classical CDs" (via @NPR and @nprguyraz) http://ping.fm/79ZIz

"Bad Reviews? Blame the Booze." (via @NYT_Arts) http://ping.fm/AxEKu