As a fan but not a musician, I am always curious about the relationship between the musicians and the conductor. I have enough musician friends to know that the feelings between the two can range widely. I’m curious, what are the ways an audience member can tell if the musicians like a conductor, especially a visiting conductor. Eye contact? Smiles? A little extra joy in the performance?
The reports of Fisk building a data center seem fishy to me. I worry that corporations are finding a work around by hiding a data center at an HBCU thinking they might get less pushback from the community, because liberals won’t go up against an HBCU. Pres. Clark won’t disclose who they’re partnering with or where the money is coming from. There are claims of job creation, but data centers employ very few people. Most importantly, what’s the value of a data center to a non-profit university? Anyone have more information than what’s being reported in the press.