Interning with the 2012 Festival
The Ojai Festival’s internship program was by far the highlight of my summer. It’s three weeks of learning, making friends and gaining experience that feels more like a few days at the end of it . . .
Confessions of a Teenage ‘Metro Gnome’
When Artistic Director Tom Morris pitched the project to me in 2007, he lowered the cone of silence. “We’ve located the metronomes, but now I need you to assemble a team to set them off at the opening night concert.” Six cardboard boxes of time-keeping devices had just arrived from a performance of ‘Poème Symphonique’ in Austin, Texas. We were armed and ready . . .