Akron Takes Notice of “Zander Week”
admin February 1st, 2008
Both the West Side Leader and The Akron Beacon Journal have stories this week about “Zander Week,” which begins Sunday with Classical Fever, a free concert at E.J. Thomas Hall at 7:30 p.m. The full articles can be found here and here.
What is the message that brought tears and laughter to the financial wizards and tycoons at the just-concluded World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland?
It was what Benjamin Zander calls his message of possibility, as set out in The Art of Possibility, the best-selling book he co-authored with his wife, Rosamund Stone Zander.
Anyone who attends the free University of Akron Forum Series lecture by Zander at 4 p.m. Tuesday will get what Davos listeners got, and more, the peripatetic conductor and motivational speaker, 68, said. He was briefly at home in Boston before heading out again to speak to a group of 2,200 human resources people in Toronto and then to a dental convention in Nashville.
- Elaine Guregian, The Akron Beacon Journal (2-1-08)
DOWNTOWN AKRON — It’s a big deal when the Akron Symphony Orchestra (ASO) brings in a music conductor of Benjamin Zander’s stature as guest leader for its concerts featuring Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” at both E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron Feb. 9 and Severance Hall in Cleveland Feb. 10.
- Roger Durbin, West Side Leader (1-31-08)
