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December 14, 2014 | by Howard Pousner @AJC.com

12/14/2014

More details on $38M grant

Timing of Woodruff Foundation gift was not accidental.
Arts center contribution 2½ years in the making.

By Howard Pousner hpousner@ajc.com

The nine-week Atlanta Symphony Orchestra lockout spawned its fair share of conspiracy theories about orchestra and Woodruff Arts Center management among supporters of the musicians, often spurred by frequent accusation-filled statements released by the ASO Players’ Association.

So it wasn’t surprising that there was speculation on arts blogs about the timing of the Dec. 5 announcement that the arts center was receiving a $38 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation.

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ASO has 3 GRAMMY nominations!

12/5/2014

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The 57th Annual Grammy Award Nominations were announced today. The ASO has 3 nominations for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Engineered Classical Album and Producer of the Year! Get the ASO Media recordings of Sibelius and Vaughan Williams discs in the Symphony Store at Symphony Hall!
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57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees

Best Orchestral Performance
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Label: ASO Media

Best Engineered Classical Album
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Label: ASO Media

Producer of the Year
Elaine Martone
Hallowed Ground (Louis Langrée, Maya Angelou, Nathan Wyatt & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (Benjamin Zander, Stefan Bevier, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra)
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

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Robert Spano | Musical America's Profiles In Courage

12/3/2014

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Congratulations to our own ASO Music Director Robert Spano for being one of Musical America's 2014 Profiles in Courage Recipients! We are so thankful and proud of your courage,
leadership and commitment to excellence.

http://www.musicalamerica.com/specialreports/PROFILES_2015.pdf

When Robert Spano arrived at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as music director in 2001, the orchestra was in the doldrums. A music director who stayed too long at the party had left the ensemble divided in its loyalties; morale was at an all-time low; and repertoire was decidedly predictable for a decidedly conservative audience. Enter new-music specialist Spano,
having spent five seasons building the Brooklyn Philharmonic into a highly regarded testing ground for new and unusual repertoire.

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December 14, 2014 | by Howard Pousner @AJC.com

ASO has 3 GRAMMY nominations!

Robert Spano | Musical America's Profiles In Courage

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