The Alfred Mann Music Festival
Those of you who have followed my columns in Upline, Network Marketing Lifestyles and Networking Times—or who’ve read The Zen of MLM—have heard me mention my father, the late Dr. Alfred Mann, noted Bach scholar and conductor. My dad was an amazing man; I’ve never known anyone else so universally beloved by all those who knew him.
And it turns out, I’m not alone. The Eastman School of Music (in Rochester, New York), in conjunction with with Publick Musick (a baroque ensemble organization also in Rochester), is sponsoring an annual event that premiers this coming November: the Alfred Mann Music Festival.
The event will focus on the two works with which he was most intimately involved throughout his long career: Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Mass in B Minor. (I had the distinct honor and pleasure of playing in the orchestra for several of his B Minor Mass performances, but alas, never did have the chance to play the Messiah under his hand.)
I and a whole bunch of my family will be there this November for the festival. I hope some of you reading this can make it as well! (If you need advice on travel and accomodations, click the “Contact Me” link at upper right.)
In case you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can go here to read an editorial I wrote about my dad and what I learned from him about leadership.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
[...] The Alfred Mann Music Festival this weekend was a wonderful experience. As exquisite as the musical performances were (Handel’s Messiah, performed from my dad’s edition, and Bach’s B Minor Mass, his signature piece and one which I’ve played under his direction many times), the really remarkable experience for my brother Tim and me (both there with our fiancées, both of whom knew my dad) was being with so many of my parents’ friends and colleagues and hearing all they had to say about them both. [...]