The Personality of Classical Music - An Interview with Scott Harrison

We welcome Scott Harrison, an arts administrator hailed as a leader with "imagination and ambition" by the LA Times for his tenure as executive director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Scott has many adventures to tell through his considerable experience in the classical music world. 

After getting to know Scott Harrison, several contemplative topics were discussed.

Do musical instruments have personalities? What leads someone to become an arts administrator? How can we break the barrier of that worrisome wall between the audience and the musicians? And, why are we still calling it “classical” music?

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1.  blumehaiti.org - the organization of which I am a founding board member and very proud of our work strengthening the music education ecosystem in Haiti.
 
2. hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org - Excited to announce that for the next few months, I am helping the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as interim executive director while they search for their permanent ED
 
3.  https://internationalmusician.org/hawaiian-oboe-legacy-project-creates-one-of-a-kind-instrument-and-concerto/  - One of the coolest and most community-rooted new music projects I've heard of in a while is one that just concluded at the Hawaii Symphony - the Hawaiian Oboe Legacy Project - an oboe built form local kauila wood with a concerto commisioned by local composer John Magnussen telling the story of the Two Hawaiian Seasons.