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Kim Varian, former HPO Director of Communications, was named Executive Director this past June! Kim recently spoke with Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte about her new gig and how she g…

Nancy Nelson, an oboe player and long-time member of the HPO, recently spoke with Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte about her career as an oboe and english horn player, the joys of work…

Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte recently caught up with Principal Bass Rob Wolanski as part of our HPO@Home series.     Abigail Richardson-Schulte: Hi Rob! How are you doing right …

HPO Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson Schulte recently caught up (virtually) with HPO Concertmaster Stephen Sitarski to talk about his career, mental health and the future of orchestral perform…

New Zealand-Canadian composer Juliet Palmer turns the rich and haunting sounds of a dead forest into the “harmonic ground” for her new piece titled fire break, commissioned by the HPO.  fire brea…

By Daniel Sheridan Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) is one of the most enduring and influential works of cultural criticism of the last 45 years. In it, he advances the argument that Western depicti…