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Sarasota Aisle: Chicago maestro Mei-Ann Chen captures audience and accolades in Florida

Mar 11, 2014 – 11:02 am | 8,166 views
Mei-Ann Chen, music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, was guest conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra.

Review: There’s an infamous jest that if you ask six reviewers about the same event, you’ll get seven different opinions. As there is more than a grain of truth in that, conductor Mei-Ann Chen surely is entitled to put a notch in her baton after winning a consensus of enthusiasm from a dozen arts writers from across the U.S. and Canada following her guest appearance March 9 with the Sarasota Orchestra.

World premieres in Grant Park’s 2014 plans; conductors renew ties for festival’s 80th year

Feb 12, 2014 – 3:29 pm | 4,981 views
Composer William Bolcom's new concerto for orchestra is scheduled for Grant Park Music Festival Aug. 15-16, 2014 (Katryn Colin)

Report: World premieres by composers William Bolcom and Christopher Theofanidis and the return of former principal conductors Leonard Slatkin and Hugh Wolff will highlight the Grant Park Music Festival’s 80th anniversary season at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.