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The New York Times: Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Auditions
Conductors, players and administrators don’t necessarily want to abandon blind auditions. But they say the lack of diversity in American orchestras is more complicated than that.
The New York Times:
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven
Even if you think you don’t know the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, you probably do. But you might not be as familiar with the incredible transition into the work’s final movement.
MSNBC: The Importance of Music Education
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the importance of music education for students in communities underserved in the arts with Weston Sprott.
The New York Times: Anthony McGill, ‘Citizen Musician,’ Wins $100,000 Award
That extra money, combined with added gifts from Mr. McGill and Weston Sprott — a trombonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the dean of Juilliard’s preparatory division — will be used to create a $100,000 scholarship fund.
Juilliard Staff Portrait
In May, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombonist and Juilliard Pre-College and Music Advancement Program (MAP) teaching veteran Weston Sprott was named dean of the Preparatory Division…
International Musician
“My favorite thing about playing with the Met is listening to my colleagues in the pit and on the stage. Participating in music making at this level is incredibly rewarding,” says Sprott. “Every night provides an education in beauty of tone and phrasing.”
Juilliard Press Release
Juilliard Names Weston Sprott as Dean of the Preparatory Division, Overseeing Juilliard Pre-College and the Music Advancement Program…
New York Times
“It’s important for people to know who we are and what we do,” said Weston Sprott, a trombone player whose work with South African music students was featured on the site and who said it was designed to forge connections between players and opera fans.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Weston Sprott, a more recent Curtis grad, is a member of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, and he brought an unlikely vocal souvenir back to Field Concert Hall - his own transcription of Ravel's songs Don Quichotte à Dulcinée.”
KHOU-11
New York ’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Houston Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony all have trombone players from Houston.
The Wall Street Journal
Each year, this member of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra visits South Africa, donating private lessons, instruments and master classes to talented kids who can’t read a note
Drake University
“He’s a world-class musician,” McGrannahan said. “Typically, we travel to places such as Chicago or New York to hear world-class performances, but in the case of a guest artist, we are bringing those talents to our students. In essence, we’re bringing a little bit of New York to Des Moines, Iowa.”
BBC News
On Thursday, unions representing the orchestra and chorus at the Met agreed to bring in federal mediators - in an attempt to prevent a threatened lockout of the workers on Friday.
The St. Thomas Source
Four high school music students spent Wednesday afternoon in some pretty exalted company. While noisy traffic buzzed by outside Charlotte Amalie High School, the four sat in the relative quiet of the school’s music room, under the tutelage of renowned professional trombonist Weston Sprott.