“Even though the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s concert hall is closed, and the musicians aren’t able to meet and play due to COVID-19 restrictions, the people behind the noted orchestra are doing what they can to keep the musicians in the spotlight,” writes Keith Loria in Friday’s (7/3) Fairfax County Times (Reston, VA). “The FSO has been sharing online concerts for free through its series, ‘FSO Brings the Music to You.’… Before each of these concerts, Christopher Zimmerman, FSO’s music director and conductor, [talks] about the music’s significance…. Starting this week, the FSO is adding a new series called ‘Behind the Music,’ where Zimmerman will talk with musicians in the orchestra … ‘about their philosophy of music, their background, why they like playing in the orchestra and so forth,’ Zimmerman said…. The first interview to go up will be of oboist Trevor Mowry.… ‘I’m trying to interview both ends of the spectrum in that respect—experience versus new,’ says Zimmermann. ‘And, of course, different instruments. I’ve done, so far, a principal horn player, an oboist, principal trumpet, principal second violin, a couple of violins and principal cello. We’ll do more and not just principal players, just to get a cross section.’ ”
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