"Be Embraced" - A Lecture on Beethoven!

Teddy released a lecture on the creative process of Beethoven called “Be Embraced: The Struggle and Transcendence of Beethoven.” He delves into the choices Beethoven made to create some of his best-known piano works, including Für Elise and the Op. 109 piano sonata. Here’s the lecture, which was created for the Ross McKee Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deBhh2ZIRCI

Vogue Features the Louisville Orchestra's Opening Concert

Vogue just featured the Louisville Orchestra in a piece about our opening concert of the 2020-21 Virtual Edition season. The article centers on our world premiere of Davóne Tines’ VIGIL, a piece written in memory of Breonna Taylor. The concert serves as both a healing and memorial performance for our city. Here is the article: https://www.vogue.com/article/louisville-orchestra-breonna-taylor

"Lift Up Louisville" featured on PBS NewsHour

Teddy helped lead an effort to bring dozens of Louisville musicians together, including Jim James, Will Oldham, Ben Sollee, Jecorey Arthur, Dani Markham, and Scott Carney, to create a song that belongs to the city of Louisville and its people during a time of tragedy and uncertainty. PBS NewsHour covered the release of the song, called Lift Up Louisville: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/louisville-musicians-make-a-song-for-the-city-amid-crisis