Archive for January, 2023

  • Everyone and Our Mother

    The world never stopped for Eleanor Aller, and if it had, she would have made sure it was spinning again. Once you met her, she etched an indelible mark onto your soul. Tough, gentle, funny, and serious, Mom was a true force of nature.

  • Slatkin Spends Memorable Week in Spokane

    January 25, 2023

    Slatkin’s first visit to Spokane culminated in both a warm welcome from audiences and rave reviews from critics. As Larry Lapidus of the Spokesman-Review averred, “The meticulous clarity with which he conveyed the instructions of the score to the orchestra was a source of wonder.”

  • JANUARY 2023

    2022 was a particularly difficult year for me. The music-making (when it occurred) was fine, Cindy and I took some wonderful trips, and I started some projects that you will learn about over the next several months.

    But I lost some good folks along the way, first and foremost my brother, Fred. After he passed away, I posted a chapter of a book that I was working on. It was a portrait of my baby brother. When I found it in a folder, I also discovered that he had completed an essay about our mom. I had written one about our dad, but Fred knew more about our maternal side and was the keeper of the family archives.