
Jeremy Reynolds
Classical Music Critic at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editor at OPERA America
Pittsburgh classical music critic with short arms. Hear me roar.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds
If the Pittsburgh Symphony’s national and international reputation is excellent, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s is unimpeachably spectacular. To this day, he’s one of few classical performers who still reliably sells out symphony halls, and Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall was no exception on Wednesday. It’d be easy to imagine that the hype is overblown or even undeserved at this point.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds
Little Lake Theatre was born in a barn. But unlike so many larger Pittsburgh theatre organizations that are struggling with attendance and finances, the company is currently seeing growth in ticket sales, subscriptions and donations. Little Lake’s grassy campus is nestled into the shore of Canonsburg Lake in Washington County, about a 30-minute drive from Downtown Pittsburgh.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds
Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette Dick Simmons and his family have contributed over $50 million to the orchestra in recent decades Jeremy Reynolds Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jun 4, 2025 11:00 PM Great art requires great support. The artist Leonardo da Vinci had the Medici family backing his work. The composer Tchaikovsky had Nadezhda von Meck, his mysterious patroness who refused to ever meet face to face. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has the Simmons family. In recent decades, Richard “Dick”...
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4 weeks ago |
mahoningmatters.com | Jeremy Reynolds
May 30-There's more to playing music than sounding the right notes at the right time. Anyone who's ever sung or picked up an instrument knows this. There's something extra that goes into communicating a feeling or idea through abstract sound. This is especially clear at a live orchestral rehearsal.
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4 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds
There’s more to playing music than sounding the right notes at the right time. Anyone who’s ever sung or picked up an instrument knows this. There’s something extra that goes into communicating a feeling or idea through abstract sound. This is especially clear at a live orchestral rehearsal.
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RT @jancello: Really fun and interesting article by @Reynolds_PG :The Orchestra Bowl review: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Cleveland go head…

RT @janlisiecki: “I want people to hear and understand the lines and for it to seem effortless so that nothing is in the way of the music”…

Back on the music beat after a year away. "Would you walk 500 miles to get away from that tune? Will your poker face crack the thousandth time it plays in your head? Do you value the sound of silence?" https://t.co/ZQJ5imjHUB