I wrote, regarding the BSO:

>>This is all very very interesting, as I'm about to move out there in the
>>heart of it all to see what the deal really is.  I must say I can't wait to
>>live in a city with a real orchestra...but the general opinion of the BSO
>>[on this list] is so low right now that, well, I'm not sure what to think.

Roger Hecht replies to me:

>Well you can think this.  Don't just think BSO.  Boston has some very fine
>conservatory orchestras, especially Boston U and NEC.

I certainly hope so, since NEC's where I'm headed.  Bet the orch has a
small euphonium section though!  Not that I'll likely be in it...

>Those concerts are usually free and well worth attending.  There is a ton
>of chamber music by major groups, and a little (not hardly enough) opera.

Well this is encouraging at least, and consistent with my understanding to
date.  I read where all the groups at NEC together puts on 600 concerts a
year!!!!  That's almost 2 a day!!!

I'm just a bit dissapointed about the BSO.  I want to go see a real
symphony in a real hall.  You should see the very silly venue where the
Santa Fe SO performs.  Its has about the size and acoustical delicacy of an
average Junior High School gymnasium.  (The Opera House is nice though.)

Bob K., trying to score Carmen tickets