I'll be using this as a forum to post my ups and downs as I navigate my way through the murky water that is the Portland classical music scene. The musical arts in Portland are an interesting mix of bankrupt ballet houses and crowded coffee shop stages, defunct public school music programs and bustling community music centers. To find classical music in Portland you have to put your ear to the sidewalk, rather than read the front page.
The music that you do hear from that sidewalk and behind closed doors isn't bound by rules and traditions. People here play what they want to play, rather than what they were taught to play. As a classically trained musician that is both intriguing and utterly terrifying.
Hence, the name of my blog. To eat this elephant of mine called music, I must take one bite at a time. Bon Appetit!
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