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With snow on the ground the morning of in lower Manhattan, Alan Fletcher, Aspen's president and CEO (and, full disclosure, Classicalite guest blogger), brought a star-studded roster--Aspen and Atlanta music director Robert Spano, soprano alumna Dawn Upshaw, St. Louis... -
The First-Ever 'Complete Aspen Music Festival and School (Abridged)’ Comes to New York's SubCulture on April 16
The Aspen Music Festival is hoping to take the long-distance relationship it currently enjoys with New Yorkers to the next level--with a concert in New York at SubCulture on April 16. -
Guest Blog: Aspen Music Festival CEO Alan Fletcher on Who's Really Behind Renée Fleming's Brilliant Super Bowl XLVIII Performance
"The unsung heroes of the classical world of singing are coaches." -- Alan Fletcher, president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival & School -
Aspen President Alan Fletcher Tells It Like It is in Minnesota Keynote [TRANSCRIPT]
"I know from intense personal experience how hard that will be. I had to sit at a table, over and over again, with people who had wanted me to be fired." -- Alan Fletcher, CEO of Aspen Music Festival and School... -
LIVE STREAM: Jamie Barton Singing Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' at Aspen Music Festival
Upon the news of Jamie Barton's double victory at the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World--the mezzo won both the main award and the song prize, quite a rare feat--the Aspen Music Festival and School tore up its schedule to get the... -
READ: Aspen Music Festival CEO Alan Fletcher's Convocation Speech (Part Three)
"In most European economies, there is very significant government support that fills the gap between ticket revenue and the reasonable expense of running an orchestra or opera company. The U.S. has never had that tradition... -
READ: Aspen Music Festival CEO Alan Fletcher's Convocation Speech (Part Two)
"Let's start with one of the most wrongheaded ideas: that, since there are so many good musicians out there, the particular composition of any given orchestra doesn't matter." -
READ: Aspen Music Festival CEO Alan Fletcher's Convocation Speech (Part One)
"Each summer I like to say something hopeful and encouraging to all who gather here: ready to work, ready to be part of something wonderful, ready to create something beautiful and meaningful. And this summer is no different...
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