Into the New Year: A Musical Adventure Awaits Classical Music Fans
Chuan-yun Li will solo with the Olympia Youth Orchestra Jan. 10
Forget last year. It’s so last year. Given the economic perils faced by many, if not most of us, during the year 2009 it won’t do any good reviewing the weaknesses in the arts that ensued from the tsunami of bad news that dried up local funding. The good news is that due to a loyal audience base—and a pretty solid and financially astute bunch of supporters of music in the San Gabriel Valley—our music groups have substantially survived. Love. Hugs. Kisses. This is what our musicians now need. They also need paychecks. We, in the audience, seek the emotional release and sustenance offered by live musical performance. A first New Year’s resolution: attend a concert once a month in 2010.
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