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Category Archives: All Posts by Matt Naughtin
I’m sitting here with an excellent cup of coffee in the lounge on the 38th floor of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Shanghai looking over the most amazing skyline I’ve ever seen. In fact, that’s the word that has repeatedly come to my lips during my first two days here: amazing! Shanghai is the most [...]
Ni Hao Ma! Yes, I’ve been practicing saying “hello,” “good-bye,” “thank you,” and “where’s the WC?” in Mandarin and getting ready to travel along with San Francisco Ballet to Shanghai and Beijing. Since the orchestras we will be performing with in China have their own music librarians, I’m tagging along strictly as a tourist and [...]
Also posted in Behind the Scenes, Perpetual Motion: SFB on Tour Tagged China Tour, Orchestra 1 Comment
I love it when we perform at Sigmund Stern Grove during what San Franciscans whimsically call the “summer”. It’s a beautiful setting; a natural amphitheater surrounded by tall trees. You have the pungent aroma of eucalyptus and pine, the bracing sea breeze and—the fog. It’s always an adventure presenting an outdoor dance event at Stern [...]
Shanghai Journal II
Music Librarian for San Francisco Ballet
September 23, 2009