May 31, 2021
In this episode, we sit down with Music Director Christopher Wilkins to talk about the Akron Symphony Orchestra’s return to the concert stage after 16 months with the Outside Voices Concert Series.
The six-concert series will be presented free of charge throughout the Akron community this summer, and focus on...
May 17, 2021
In this episode, we sit down with John Gruber, our principal trombone player who has been a member of the Orchestra since 2018, to talk about his career in music, Mozart’s use of the trombone in his compositions, the craft beer scene in Akron, the merits of Star Trek and more as part of our ASO Conversation series.
In...
May 10, 2021
In this episode, we sit down with Heidi Aufdenkamp Peck, a clarinet player with the Akron Symphony Orchestra since 1994, to talk about her career in music, her tenure with the ASO, what she has been working on during the past year, and more as part of our ASO Conversation series.
Heidi Aufdenkamp Peck is a professional...
May 2, 2021
In this episode, Akron Symphony bassist Brian Del Bianco talks about his experience recording with effects pedals from EarthQuaker Devices.
Brian recorded Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Sonata for Unaccompanied Bass (movement 3), Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (movement 1), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (movement 4) and...