Word: concertizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come to town. About an hour before showtime, a woman phoned Owensboro police to warn of possible danger from a man who "wants to harm her, a person who can't stand her." Parton's security consultant, Gavin DeBecker, 29, recommended that she cancel the concert and three others scheduled for last week. DeBecker believes he has a line on the man, a mental patient who has been arrested "a number of times." As for Parton, who carries a snub-nosed pistol and has in the past indicated no reluctance to use it, she holed up first...
Cottle's curriculum vitae: age, 44. Overachieving child of prominent Chicago parents (father a physician, mother a concert pianist). B.A. from Harvard, Ph.D. in sociology from University of Chicago. Former assistant professor of psychology at Harvard. Author of 22 books, mostly about the disadvantaged and disenfranchised: abused children, the elderly, the indigent and the handicapped. His commitment is incontrovertible. So why has he given up teaching to gab with Phyllis Diller about her facelifts? "I feel strongly that this is the way to enlighten people," Cottle insists. "I'm trying to preserve my inquiry into human behavior through...
...protégée as "unsuitable" because of her alleged weakness as an ensemble performer. Outraged, the conductor coolly informed his musicians that henceforth he would fulfill only his contractual obligations (half a dozen or so performances a year) and would cease doing most of the concert tours and recording sessions that provide the orchestra members with the bulk of their incomes. The standoff has Berliners contemplating the very real possibility of an end to 44 years of beautiful music from the maestro and the philharmonic...
...demand as a guest conductor, and such is his reputation that whenever a major vacancy in the conductorial ranks occurs, Levine's name (it rhymes with divine) is invariably mentioned as a possible successor. A talented pianist, he often finds time to squeeze a chamber concert or two between conducting appearances...
...avert a confrontation--and the violence and deaths that might have resulted--McCall, against the advice of all aides--planned a massive outdoor rock festival in a state park 20 miles outside the city. More than 30,000 youths attended the concert, titled "Vortex I", for which the state provided bands, and eating and medical facilities. State police were ordered to be especially lenient to avoid confrontation. The festival took place without incident, as did the convention in Portland. What became known as "The governor's pot party" failed to harm McCall's bid for re-election...