Toledo Blade April 3, 2008
News Of Music And Dance
Symphony auctioning a chance to conduct at April 12 concert
The Toledo Symphony wants to put you on the conductor’s podium for its 65th Anniversary Celebration Concert on April 12 in the Stranahan Theater. And to give every interested would-be maestro an equal chance, the orchestra has listed the opportunity on eBay.
The eBay gimmick is the latest lively addition to the symphony’s plans to celebrate 65 consecutive years of music-making in the area. Already the community has been voting on the music for the program. Some 7,400 votes had been cast as of late last month, according to an orchestra spokesman, and voting continues at http://www.toledosymphony.com.
So far, in the Red, White, and Blue category, the top vote-getter has been John Phillip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever march. Top bidder will have one rehearsal with the orchestra before the concert. Resident conductor Chelsea Tipton II will yield the baton for that piece.
An anonymous former Toledoan has kicked off the bidding with a $5,000 opener. Raises must be in increments of $500. Bidding started last Friday and will end tomorrow.
Maestro Chelsea Tipton II
African American Conductor
Toledo Symphony
Classical Music
Black Conductor
65th Anniversary Concert
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