Hello and I'm Iicky Notes the Classical Music Podcast.

My name is Joshua Weilerstein, I'm a conductor,

and I'm the artistic director of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan Switzerland.

This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field,

or is just getting ready to dive in to this amazing world of incredible music.

Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors Tony, Kenneth, Lubov, Jonathan, Robert, Catherine, Judy, Philip, Aaron, Holly,

Aram, Igor, Sylvia, Charles, Michaela, Jeffrey, Anton, Lucas, John, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making season

six possible.

If you'd like to support the show, please head over to Patreon.com slash sticky notes podcast. And if you are a fan of the show, please just take a moment to give us a rating or review on Apple podcasts.

Every rating and review helps more people find the show, and it is greatly appreciated.

So I just wanted to use this time where I tell you what I'm up to this week.

Just to reiterate a couple things I've been saying for the past few weeks,

one of the more depressing things about working as a freelancer in this situation is that it's not

like every concert was cancelled when the lockdowns all started during this crisis. Sort of every ensemble and organization is trying to wait until the last moment to cancel

to see if things get better.

So you're getting this sort of pit in your stomach every time you open your email waiting for the next shoe to drop.

So that's an experience that I've been seeing from a lot of my friends and hearing about.

So again, if you have tickets even now into the future, I think, into May and into June,

I know one person who had a concert canceled in December, which is a bit horrifying.

Just to make sure which is a bit horrifying.

Just to make sure, if you can, obviously,

to potentially donate your ticket price

...