Paul Winberg

Paul Winberg, hard at work even on a Friday at 4:45 pm

Occasion-al Music

The Eugene Symphony’s executive director talks smack about Cleveland, praises the Hult and demystifies the process of going to a concert

By Suzi Steffen

The man doesn’t own an iPod or have a grasp on the world of downloads and easily portable music.

That’s OK. He doesn’t need that right now; he’s surrounded by music all of the time. At the offices of the Eugene Symphony, Executive Director Paul Winberg can hear the sweet strains floating from the radio in the lobby — tuned to the UO’s classical music station, KWAX 91.1 FM, of course. Or he can walk into the music library, where the symphony’s librarian spends hours keeping the notes in order. And of course, in his own light-filled office, he has a CD player where he just might be listening to the Goldberg Variations … or Dolly Parton. (Check out his playlist below.)

Read more about Paul Winberg here, after the jump!

Detroit Symphony Orchestra's World Music Series with the African Children's Choir

So the Eugene Symphony search for a new music director has begun. Right now, the search committee (with six musicians and an assortment of board members and interested community members) has been sifting through the almost 300 applications and making phone calls to references. (I'm not allowed to know more than that because of the Super Sekrit Search Protocol.)

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