February 2012
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January 2012
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The Schubert Club Presents Susan Graham
Before the show I must admit I was not particularly excited to hear a vocal recital, even a recital from the one and only Susan Graham. I may have been thinking like one of those purists who believe that music should be performed in its intended manner, and when you pull a piece out of an opera, the singer out of character and costume, and the stage out of the set, it’s just different and...
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The SPCO Does It Again!
Tonight’s performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony took me back several years. Ever since I took a class in college dedicated to Beethoven’s nine symphonies, I rarely pass up an opportunity to hear a performance. Luckily, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has a pretty regular selection of Beethoven. During the class back in 1998, I made my first visit to an SPCO concert to...
December 2011
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Nachito Herrera at The Dakota
Growing up in Oberlin, Ohio, home of the Oberlin Conservatory, I was always surrounded by great musical talent of all kinds - vocal, instrumental, orchestral, composition, classical, rock, jazz, electronic, etc. Meeting with Nachito Herrera and then hearing him play was a treat that not only reminded me of my home town, but also reminded me how important music is in our lives.
I could write about...
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Buckets and Tap Shoes at The Cowles Center for...
I gotta say, the idea of guys pounding on buckets on stage seemed a little cliché to me, especially after many commercials and documentarians featured kids on the streets of New York just trying to make a dollar. And also the thought of these guys on stage then jumping up into tap dance just seemed… odd. And it was. And it was perfect.
Go see Buckets and Tap Shoes when you can. Where else...
November 2011
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I Am My Own Wife
I can’t describe how much I enjoyed the Jungle Theater’s performance of “I Am My Own Wife” by Doug Wright Directed by Joel Sass and Starring the amazing Bradley Greenwald. The play tells the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a collector of antiques, non-conformist, and guardian of the past. Most interesting, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a transvestite who survived the...
October 2011
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Vox Lumiere performs Phantom of the Opera
If you haven’t heard of Vox Lumiere, check them out. You may find them absolutely amazing, you may not get it. I fell a little more on the latter side of the measure as somebody who was simply confused and maybe even a bit turned off by the sensory overload of a silent movie mixed with steam punk costumes mixed with Broadway musical mixed with operetta vocals mixed with Paula Abdul dance...
September 2011
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The Theoroi Project
I’m really excited to be a part of the first class of participants in the Theoroi Project, an initiative developed by the Schubert Club where 26 individuals ages 21-35 attend local arts performances over the next year. The responsibility of the Theoroi Project participants is to not only engage with the artists, participants, and performances, but then to use social media to spread the word...
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This website’s content is written and published by me, Jeff Lin. I am the founder of Bust Out Solutions, Inc., a web and mobile product development company that I founded in 2004. If you want to read about technology, go visit the Bust Out blog. Here you will find things about my personal life, the arts, sports, friends, beer, my dog, and silly photos of people doing really fun things....