“Set to music by Wynton Marsalis, the full-length work pulses like a pot on simmer, that slowly comes to a rolling boil, heating up with intrigue and the omnipresent humidity of an inescapable (pre air conditioning) New York summer. The music is like its own…
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Feb152016
It’s wonderful, essential, to have live music – an orchestra! Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, pulled out all the stops in a tour de force collaboration between EBC, the Eugene Concert Choir (along with talented children from the Festival Choirs, under the direction of Chris Dobson) and…
Sep262015
“Brian McWhorter and Orchestra NEXT provided professional-level accompaniment for the dancers of the world-class ballet company.” Gwen Curran [download here: Scheherazade|RG|21714]
Dec182014
“McWhorter kept up a zany pace, delivering direction and criticisms in a stream of sometimes-profane consciousness. “It’s a Christmas ornament,” he said of one stretch of music. “It’s a fucking Christmas ornament on a fucking Christmas tree.” The musicians laughed, and poured more Christmas into…
Oct272014
“This story may be old, but Toni Pimble and the Eugene Ballet Company completely transformed the exquisite dancing, the stunning costumes (add- ing fascinators or fancy hats worn by posh English women), romantic sets, and the fabulous live sound of Brian McWhorter’s Orchestra Next.” Gwen…
Oct182014
Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet: Creating The Total Dance Experience Orchestra brings live music to dance, training to musicians, a complete experience to audiences. OCTOBER 18, 2014 // DANCE, MUSIC // OREGON ARTSWATCH By GARY FERRINGTON When the Eugene Ballet Company performs Sergey Prokofiev’s 1944 ballet…
Feb192014
Oregon Arts Watch: Spinning Spaight’s Tales in Eugene “You could have heard a program flutter to the floor, the audience was so absorbed. The Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center was nearly full last Saturday night for Eugene Ballet’s performance of Dennis Spaight’s Scheherazade, and it’s a…
Feb172014
Register Guard: Eugene Ballet’s Show a Feast for Eyes and Ears “Brian McWhorter and Orchestra NEXT provided professional-level accompaniment for the dancers of the world-class ballet company.” Gwen Curran [Scheherazade|RG|21714]
Nov212013
Another exciting change is the recent addition of Orchestra NEXT, a training orchestra led by trumpet virtuoso Brian McWhorter. NEXT, which places leading professionals alongside aspiring musicians, will be performing the iconic Tchaikovsky score. “To have young people in the show on stage and then…
Dec272012
Abstract: And in classical music, Brian McWhorter’s Orchestra Next, a training orchestra that provided live music for the Eugene Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” is a great example of making do with less. — Economy still weighs heavily on art scene The Register – Guard – Eugene, Or. Bob…
Dec262012
Oregon Music News: Brian McWhorter Makes a Case for Orchestra Next – The Region’s New Training Orchestra “Noted for his top-tier trumpet playing, teaching at the University of Oregon, and co-directing the new music ensemble Beta-Collide, Brian McWhorter is one of those people who can…
Dec202012
Abstract: This year’s performances in Eugene will feature live music – for the first time since the recession tightened the ballet’s budget – performed by members of a new “training” orchestra: Orchestra Next. Founded and conducted by Brian McWhorter, a University of Oregon music professor and…
Nov082012
Orchestra Next would develop musicians into professionals The Register – Guard – Eugene, Or. Nov. 8, 2012 “To me that’s almost a cardinal sin,” said McWhorter, a professional trumpet player who teaches at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. “When I was…
