The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra's 2015-16 season premiered the week of the shooting at Roseburg, Oregon. The night before the second Masterworks concert came the brutal attack on Paris. In proximity to devastation, I am loath to frame something like a symphony concert as a distraction or a means of escape. It is much more important than that. The beautiful products of human endeavor are what is at stake in a violent world. And on a night when "solidarity" and...
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