Hello and I'm

I'm a Sticky 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 Abigail, Paul, David,

Fengming, John, Steve, 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.

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Every rating and review helps more people find the show,

and it is greatly appreciated. And now we're getting to the traditional part of

the show where I tell you about cancelled engagements and things. I actually haven't

had anything canceled since Monday so that's a new record. But a couple of things that have happened actually

have been pretty disturbing in terms of what the future looks like for classical music.

There have been some news reports about possibly not having large gatherings for the next 18 months,

or until a vaccine is available for the coronavirus.

So it's a pretty scary time for orchestras, ensembles, chamber music groups, teachers,

conservatories, you know I mean obviously it's a there's an economic crisis for everyone right now, but it does seem like large gatherings are going to be the last thing to return to whatever normalcy is.

So that's a bit worrying.

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