Surprise Symphony (and a Conundrum or Two) Ryan Norman December 15, 2019 No, it’s not Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 (popularly known as the Surprise Symphony). It’s what the Wheeling Symphony is delivering this season. Surprises. And exceptional music-making, of course. Driscoll M...
Homegrown Players Bloom at the Symphony Ryan Norman November 18, 2019 "It is all very aerospace.” That’s how Robert Driscoll describes designing and creating a machine called a gouger that makes oboe reeds, which is, in turn, made by an even bigger machine, a Haas CNC milling ...
Worby Scholarship Winner Nails Gig With Wheeling Symphony Ryan Norman October 8, 2019 "Whenever a group of classical guitarists congregate, you can be sure you will see them filing away and comparing their nails.” For John Marcel Williams, this is a not too uncommon sight. Williams is the classi...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Karen Laska’s ‘Plan A’ Ryan Norman September 2, 2019 1 Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright scholarships. Weelunk writer Ryan Norman corresponded with them amid their preparation...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Morgan Harris Found Refuge in Academics Ryan Norman August 27, 2019 Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright scholarships. Weelunk writer Ryan Norman corresponded with them amid their preparation...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Jordan Miller’s Love of Language Ryan Norman August 25, 2019 Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright scholarships. Weelunk writer Ryan Norman corresponded with them amid their preparation...
The Children of Wheeling and Willesden Lane Ryan Norman December 1, 2018 It was soggy and gray as I headed for The Capitol. I was going to see a performance that I only vaguely knew to be about children and the Holocaust and a pianist. There was a yellow bus at the curb by the marqu...
Recipe for a ‘Capitol’ Holiday Ryan Norman November 19, 2018 Take six parts theatrical spectacle, add a dash of distinctive cuisine, fold in a trip to one of many unhidden gems — and what do you have? All the ingredients for a delectable visit to Wheeling. Treat this ...
Meet Bella Hristova, Wheeling Symphony’s Guest Violinist Ryan Norman October 17, 2018 “A symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.” — Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler believed that music should have no bounds, that whatever forces necessary should be marshaled in its realization...
Art and Technology Converge at Stifel Ryan Norman September 23, 2018 A crumpled water heater. Footage of a train that looks like it’s been put through a shredder and reassembled. Halting images being projected onto a disc of celluloid film. Metal formed into an image of the fact...
Sound Bath Had Waterfront Humming Ryan Norman September 9, 2018 Cha-cha-cha-Cheeeeeeeelsey! Tiiiiiiim-OOOOO-thy! SAR-aaaaaaaaaaaah! If you strolled past Heritage Port on a recent Monday evening just before sundown, you may well have heard some striking,...
