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Martin Bookspan, a classical music broadcaster, author, critic and lecturer, who was well-known locally for his work with the the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, died peacefully at his home in Aventura, Fla. on Thursday.
A former part-time resident of Stockbridge who spent summers in the Berkshires for more than 50 years, Bookspan was 94.
Known for his distinctive delivery during his 60-year broadcasting career, Bookspan served as a host and commentator for live broadcasts of the BSO, Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra under its founder, Leopold Stokowski. He was also the lead commentator for Live at Lincoln Center on PBS for the show s first 30 years, until 2006.
Vail Jazz Foundation
“If people had told me I’d be busking at this stage of my career in front of a fruit stand, no less I wouldn’t have believed them for a minute,” said jazz drummer Evan Sherman. But performing on a New York City sidewalk is exactly what this 2009 alumnus of the Vail Jazz Workshop has done to stay creative during the long months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sherman’s band was wrapping up a tour on March 11, preparing to head to New York to perform in a tribute concert at Lincoln Center to the late saxophonist Jimmy Heath, when the plans of entertainers everywhere came to a screeching halt. He was also to join the faculty of the Vail Jazz Workshop last summer, alongside fellow drummer Lewis Nash, and that got put on hold, too.
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Great Performances broadcasts on PBS; she soon began taking ballet lessons in her Colorado hometown. Her familiarity with the craft was an anchor in offering a nuanced look at the world of ballet education through
On Pointe.
âOur team didnât want to dumb it down,â says Bills. âBecause ballet, and particularly Balanchine, is based on precision and attention to detail, I didnât want to let it slide. I wanted to communicate that in the filmmaking.â
After the initial approach from and negotiations with SAB, Bills and her team started by capturing footage of SAB classes to get an understanding of how to develop the story, and from there organically found students to spotlight. As director, Bills guided all of the creative elementsâfrom shaping the overall aesthetic to conducting interviews with the students. It also meant navigating how to film in the studio without disrupting class. Billsâ strategy was to maintai
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