The Charlotte Symphony Board and musicians have agreed to a new four-year contract which reduces the number of paid working weeks in the Symphony season. The parties negotiated the contract in the face of significant financial challenges facing the Symphony as part of an effort to restructure and stabilize financial operations. The text of the Charlotte Symphony’s press release follows.
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Listener Shares a Favorite Artist
by Kim Hodgson
WDAV listener and Sparks Society member Debra Camper-Brazis checked in recently with some passionate words about Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, sometimes referred to as the best guitarist you never heard of. A number of clips featuring his work are on YouTube. This one features Emmanuel trying to play Classical Gas (anyone remember that one?) but he keeps getting distracted by other pieces, including a number of classical snippets. (Challenge: identify as many classical works as you can in this clip.) Emmanuel was also interviewed by NPR’s LeAnn Hanson about a year ago, and you can listen to that interview here. After hearing him play, I was astounded to learn that he doesn’t read music.