MUSIC > A MAN FOR TWO SEASONS.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape FARBER >LA.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. Beginning this fall, if you see a man dashing across the street between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. and the Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , baton in hand, it's probably Grant Gershon. In May, Gershon became the new choral director and associate conductor of Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. , a post he will hold simultaneously with his position as music director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale The Los Angeles Master Chorale is a famous professional chorus in Los Angeles, California. Grant Gershon has been its music director since 2001, succeeding Paul Salamunovich. . The good news is, they're right across the street from one another. "I'm very pleased about it -- and so is my family," said Gershon, who lives in Eagle Rock with his wife of 20 years, Elissa, 8-year-old daughter Claire, and 5-year-old son Samuel. "At this point in my career, it's great to have this association with these two great companies, though there will be times when I'm literally running back and forth. "We're still defining my role at the opera," Gershon continued. "But as chorus master, I'll be preparing and overseeing everything the chorus does this season -- and it's a big season for the ensemble. I'll also be conducting eight performances over the next two years. Beyond that, I'll be involved with every production, especially when Placido Placido may refer to any of the following: People Placido is a traditional Spaniard clan name (see Clan Placido) and it is now a common given name and a less common surname. It is also a fairly common surname in Southern Italy. (Domingo) and James (Conlon, the company's music director) are out of town, to help oversee the music's consistency." At the moment, Gershon is focusing his attention on L.A. Opera's season-opening performances of Beethoven's ode-to- freedom opera, "Fidelio" (Sept. 8 through Oct. 6) and a grand concert performance of the Verdi "Requiem" (Sept. 9). "It's the ideal combination for me to be starting off with," he said. "They are both pieces where you can work as much on the pure musical values as you can on the drama. Beethoven's choral work in 'Fidelio' is, I think, right up there with the Ninth Symphony. And you can't get any more dramatic than the Verdi 'Requiem.' " At 48 (though he hardly looks a day over 35), Gershon said he's pleased with his new multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. arrangement for several reasons. "This last year I've done a lot more work in opera, mainly conducting the new opera, 'The Grapes of Wrath,' at Minnesota and Utah Opera," he explained. "But it meant I spent 11 weeks away. One of the perks of this new position is that I'll get to spend more time at home." jim.farber@dailybreeze.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Grant Gershon |
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