The book proceeds

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>I’m happy to

announce that episode five of the second version of my book — about the future of classical music — is now

href="http://www.artsjournal.com/greg/">online. I think it’s an especially

good episode, full of very specific ideas for ways in which classical music can

change. Of course, these are just a teaser, since I’m still just writing the

introduction to the book. In the finished text, I’ll have many more ideas.

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Comments, as

always, are very welcome. I don’t know if anyone who hasn’t done what I’m doing

here can imagine how helpful all the comments are. And they’ve also turned my

book into a very lively discussion site.

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>You can

href="mailto:greg@artsjournal.com">subscribe to my book, and I urge to you.

Just click the link, and send me e-mail with the word “subscribe” in the

subject line. (I’d love it if you’d also tell me who you are and why you’re

interested in the book.) That way you’ll get e-mail whenever a new episode

shows up online. Plus, maybe in the future, extra commentary, jokes, special

revisions of the book, and any other goodies I can think of. (No promises,

though!)

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>And for anyone who’s

thinking of subscribing, I want to state my privacy policy. I was at a luncheon

for a new website I’ve done some work on (see below for what it is; it’s worth

a look). Among the many questions asked by members of the press was one very

class=SpellE>skittery inquiry, about whether somebody who posted

comments on the site would have their privacy protected. The answer, of course,

would be that if you choose to leave your name and e-mail address, then of

course the whole world will know who you are. Otherwise the site would always

protect your privacy.

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>This taught me,

though, that many people wonder what happens to their data when they send it to

anyone online. So I thought I’d better state my own privacy policy, which from

now on will be stated on the book site as well:

I’ll

never share my subscriber list with anyone, for any reason. I send all e-mail

to my list myself, without routing it through anyone

at ArtsJournal. And I send all e-mail with the names

of the recipients hidden. All subscribers have their privacy protected at all

times.

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>(And of course

anyone who e-mails me has similar protection.)

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>The website I

mentioned is www.polyphonic.org. It’s a promising resource for orchestra musicians, hosted and made possible in

part by the Eastman School of Music. I conduct video interviews for it, with

people in the orchestral world. On the site right now, you can see me talking

to Gloria dePasquale, a lively cellist from the

Philadelphia Orchestra, and (as you’ll see) a terrific spirit, a real statesman

in her field. She plays her cello at the beginning of the interview, and she’s

pretty terrific at that, too.

style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>A bonus if you

watch this (or maybe not a bonus, you decide): If you’ve ever wondered what I’m

like in person…