Strings the star of BSO Concert

Peter Jacobi Bloomington Herald Times 5/2/2011 It was definitely an evening for strings on Saturday, when the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra performed in St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, there with ending its 41st season. Music director Charles Latshaw had titled...

Review – Mahler’s First Symphony – a Triumph

Peter Jacobi Bloomington Herald Times May 3, 2010 The face told it all. As Charles Latshaw, music director of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, conducted his ensemble Saturday afternoon at the Unitarian Universalist Church, a beatific smile crossed his face. It kept...

Review from November 20, 2010 Concert

Peter Jacobi Bloomington Herald Times 11/22/2010 The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra gave its Saturday evening concert this promotional title: “A German, a Russian, and a Finn.” As the concert played out at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, promotion turned into the...

Review from the BSO’s October 2, 2010 Concert

Peter Jacobi Bloomington Herald Times October 4, 2010 Charles Latshaw must have told his musicians in the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra to play their hearts out. They surely did so in a program celebrating 20th century American music, given at St. Mark’s United...
Review from BSO’s Oct 3 2009 Concert

Review from BSO’s Oct 3 2009 Concert

Peter Jacobi’s review in the Bloomington Herald Times is in: The orchestra’s current music director, Charles Latshaw, was in charge, very much so, and he had invited Maxim Bernard to solo in the Schumann A minor Piano Concerto, this between two vigorous sets of...

New conductor inspiring orchestra to play better

The review from the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra’s December 12th concert is in.   The verdict?  Charles Latshaw is quickly improving and developing the sound the the BSO.    The full review is below:...