Jeffrey Pollock conducted the Lexington Philharmonic in a rehearsal on Monday. He will lead the orchestra in a performance on Friday.
He can trace his career to 'Fantasia'
Conductor Jeffrey Pollock was dazzled by the movie as a child
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
For Jeffrey Pollock, it started with Fantasia.“Before I'd ever seen any live music, my parents took me to a showing of Fantasia on a big screen,” Pollock says, recalling his childhood in San Diego. “That opening sequence with Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, where with the timpani strokes the drum would glow red or something, I was done. I was completely hooked.”
UK singers have reasons to be hopeful at Metropolitan Opera district auditions
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
A couple of University of Kentucky students might be wondering whether the third time will be the charm at this year's Metropolitan Opera National Council Kentucky District Auditions.Hot tickets: Jeff Dunham, Stars on Ice, Kentucky Junior Miss, more
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Critic's picks: Sonny Rollins, William Parker Quartet
By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Critic
Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins and bassist/composer William Parker were born a generation and perhaps even a jazz lifetime apart.
Rollins remains the weary perfectionist, a product of bop tutelage who, at age 78, continues his lifelong search for the perfect — or, least the most befitting — tenor sax tone he can summon.Music
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