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Bach in a Bar

May 21, 2014 by John Thomas Dodson 2 Comments

For the customers having a beer at the end of a workday it must have been a surprise to see the music cases coming through the door. When the flat screen TV’s normally displaying baseball games broadcast on ESPN switched to an in-house streaming camera focusing on the musicians that must have raised an eyebrow too. We all know that live music has its place, including in such establishments. It wouldn’t be uncommon to listen to musicians in a bar over light hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine, but it wouldn’t usually be with an orchestra … [Read more...]

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John Thomas Dodson has been asking questions about how the arts can be used in building communities. Currently Music Director of the Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival And and  Conciertos de la Villa de Santo Domingo, … [Read More]

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