This is a fine tale and thank you for it, Daniel. However, the whole of the US's creamy center isn't necessarily that desert-like (or dessert-like). Consider Indiana U. and their early-music festival in Bloomington, IN. Here in Columbus, OH, we have a thriving, obscenely well-attended early-music concert series. Cleveland has a successful baroque orchestra and tends to host the LSA convention every other year. Etc.
Best, Eugene At 02:10 AM 4/18/2008, Daniel F Heiman wrote: >The center part of the US tends to be an early music desert compared to >either of the coasts, but lately the Chicago area has begun to perk up a >bit, with a few more local musicians putting on relatively high-quality >performances. In addition, there are sometimes outreach events designed >to engage young people and the general public. I participated in >something last Sunday that, while not superb musically, was still just a >lot of fun to do. Pictures here: >http://earlymusichicago.org/photoalbum_MICEarlyMusicExtravaganzaApril2008 >.htm >Some of you who attend LSA Seminars will recognize a singer.at the center >of the group in the second picture from the right in the top row. > >Daniel Heiman To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
