Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Marcia Kamper in Baltimore

One of the ANALOG Directors was recently appointed to a one-year position as the second flutist of the Baltimore Symphony. She is taking a sabbatical from the Omaha Symphony this season and will perform on ANALOG events both in Omaha and Baltimore in the coming year.

Marcia's appointment is another in a string of recent advancements within the ANALOG collective, which demonstrate the quality of its collective membership. Earlier this year ANALOG members have earned positions in the
New York Philharmonic, the Kansas City Symphony, and the Juilliard Pre-College Division.

One of the strengths of ANALOG is that it allows artists to pursue their creative instincts, in spite of sometimes massive geographical separations from other members. The collective draws on the talents of over a dozen artists and musicians worldwide. ANALOG members include composers like
Jason Taylor who, despite living in Japan, has had his works premiered in Baltimore and Omaha, and Johnny Chang a New Zealander living in Los Angeles who made an appearance at ARTSaha 2005 and is a frequent contributor to ANAblog, where he discusses the music that influences his own.

In a globalized world, an arts organization no longer has to think about replacing a member who wins a remote appointment. Technology allows for increasingly sophisticated long-distance collaborations, and ANALOG has been on the cutting edge of this trend since its creation in 2001.