Talk:Marin Alsop
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[edit] America's top 25 orchestras
- America's top 25 orchestras
- Is there an official definition of these?
--AlexanderLondon 00:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
The phrase is bandied about, but I can't find an "official" list. One suspects that this has to do with size of endowment, besides prestige and history. If you wanted me to put an "unofficial" speculative list, the cities would run, in no particular order (without official names): (1) Boston, (2) Chicago, (3) Cleveland, (4) New York, (5) Philadelphia, (6) San Francisco, (7) Los Angeles Philharmonic, (8) Seattle, (9) Dallas, (10) Houston, (11) Saint Louis, (12) Minnesota Orchestra, (13) Cincinnati, (14) Atlanta, (15) National Symphony (Washington, D.C.), (16) Baltimore, (17) Pittsburgh, (18) Colorado Symphony, (19) Milwaukee, (20) Detroit, (21) San Diego, (22) St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, (23) Los Angeles Chamber, (24) Buffalo, (25) New Jersey Symphony.
If anyone else sees this, I'm sure there will be happy disputes on it. Thanks, DJRafe 18:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did see this as well. The problem with "(18) Colorado Symphony" is this the orchestra she came from in 2005. The article states that her post at Baltimore makes her "the first female Music Director of one of America's top 25 orchestras." Logically, this simply means that Colorado cannot be one of America's Top 25 Orchestras' to the disdain of many a Coloradoan. --Parkerjl 04:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
No official list of top 25 orchestras. And the term the media used was "major American s.o.'s," not top 25. The symphony orchestra industry does not rank their orchestras, so major and "top" are purely subjective. However, some objective criteria which may be used to make a judgment as to what is "major" include: budget size, size of orchestra, number of weeks in an orchestra's contract. Baltimore is ahead on all of these counts. But it doesn't really matter how you slice it: Alsop was head of the Colorado Symphony long ago. She's first and she's fantastic. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/arts/music/11tomm.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=marin+alsop&st=nyt&oref=login —Preceding unsigned comment added by Virginiaisforlovers (talk • contribs) 04:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
