The Hospitality Suite

The Vail Valley Music Festival is so flush with cash they’re importing FOUR very-pricey orchestras this summer: the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, to satisy the musical palate of this affluent community. But the music industry, like our State history, is a story of boom and bust. The mountain resort of Steamboat Springs is hoping to lure a few of Vail’s musical patrons with a local, Emerald City Opera production of La Traviata in August. Musicians will receive $360 and a room in payment for six rehearsals and two performances. They’ll do good to come home with fifty bucks in their pocket.

Local Discussion, Pete Vriesenga, The Denver Musician

Published in The Denver Musician, Summer 2008
By Pete Vriesenga
Religious Organizations are the nation’s second-largest employer of professional musicians - second only to Performing Arts Companies (Bureau of Labor Statistics). I have been a beneficiary of these work opportunities over my career, as have professional musicians around the world who are impacted by the remarkable history [...]

Feature/Interview, Pete Vriesenga, Symphonic/Classical, The Denver Musician