Musicians in Good Form

Musicians in good form: www.heraldtimesonline.com By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com 10/3/2011 The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra opened its 42nd season Saturday evening with a concert its conductor, Charles Latshaw, imaginatively titled “Brasstissimo (ma no troppo),” suggesting a programmatic emphasis on brass, but not too much. What the audience gathered in the auditorium of Bloomington North High School heard was our community orchestra in very good form. Latshaw has been a...

BSO Kicks Off 42nd Seas...

Music Beat BSO kicks off 42nd season with flush budget, in a ‘state of perpetual recruiting’ By Peter Jacobi H-T Columnist | pjacobi@heraldt.com September 25, 2011, last update: 9/25 @ 12:30 am Charles Latshaw leads an orchestra in this 2010 file photo. Jeremy Hogan |...

Strings the star of BSO...

MUSIC REVIEW: VIOLAPALOOZA! Strings the star of BSO concert By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com May 2, 2011 It was definitely an evening for strings on Saturday, when the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra performed in St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, there with ending...

It’s Really a Fam...

from Indiana Daily Student – IDSnews.com BSO means company, business for members By Amanda Jacobson | IDS | February 10, 2011 The combined flutter of flutes and trill of trumpets engulfed the auditorium. A blue padded case was rolled in and unzipped to reveal an ornamental ...

An Impressive Performan...

Orchestra, Latshaw produce astonishingly good sounds in impressive performance: www.heraldtimesonline.com By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer 11/22/2010 The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra gave its Saturday evening concert this promotional title: “A German, a Russian, and a Finn.” As the...

Spirit and Discipline M...

excerpted from MUSIC REVIEW: WEEKEND VARIETY By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer October 4, 2010 Never say the Bloomington music scene lacks variety. On Saturday evening Charles Latshaw must have told his musicians in the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra to play their hearts out. They surely did...

Stories behind the symp...

Bloomington orchestra members, ages 20 to 90, have day jobs, passion for music By Jimmy Jenkins Special to the Hoosier Times September 26, 2010 Elizabeth Ferenczy, 89, originally of Brooklyn, playsduring a rehearsal of the BloomingtonSymphony Orchestra at Bloomington High School South...

BSO a ‘second family’...

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra a ‘second family’ for musicians By Peter Jacobi H-T Columnist September 26, 2010 The atmosphere in the Orchestra Room of Bloomington South on a mid-September Tuesday evening was totally relaxed. Chatting, laughter and instrumental warm-ups mingled as...

The Review Is In

The BSO’s May 1st concert was a hit! Peter Jacobi, of the Bloomington Herald Times said: “Saturday’s journey through the “Titan” was inspiring, yes, for the music itself, a masterpiece, but even more for what the Bloomington Symphony’s musicians gave to perform it....