Another Google Alert about Jonathan (who is in Thailand, by the way, but Mom was able to reach him on his cell phone and he apparently wasn't near the tsunami)
END of Eos Orchestra Is Seen as Wake-Up Call for Music
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... In the end, the founder and guiding light of the enterprise, the composer
and conductor Jonathan Sheffer, 51, decided to end his group. ...
http://www.nysun.com/article/6944
Some quotes:
In the end, the founder and guiding light of the enterprise, the composer and conductor Jonathan Sheffer, 51, decided to end his group.In a letter to supporters dated December 20,Mr.Sheffer cast the decision to close the orchestra in a positive light. "Eos' mission is complete," he wrote.
"Eos has been at the center of a robust dialogue about the future of concerts, and of the performing arts in America," he said.
and
The Eos legacy is contained in five compact discs, including the 2002 Grammy-nominated "Celluloid Copland"; in four books on musical topics, and in the artistic talent Mr. Sheffer nurtured along the way.
and some more about Jonathan:
Mr. Sheffer, born in New York City, was a disciple of Leonard Bernstein's at Harvard. He founded Eos Orchestra in 1995 after a career composing and conducting in Hollywood. He held the title of Eos's artistic director without a salary.... Mr. Sheffer is scheduled to conduct a non-Eos orchestra in a four-date engagement in May at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, featuring cantatas by Haydn, Britten, and Berlioz. ... Mr. Sheffer also remains the artistic director of a small experimental orchestra in Cleveland, Red, which is modeled after Eos. Its next concert is January 30 at the Masonic Temple in Cleveland, featuring pieces for piano by Mozart, Saint-Saens, and Prokofiev.Posted by Emily at December 30, 2004 08:06 PM