Lisa Wong

Director of Choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra. Olive Williams Kettering Professor of Music at The College of Wooster.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Cats! Dogs! Geese! Laura Loomer! Look, now he’s attacking Taylor!

Like the last season before a show gets canceled for getting over-the-top and, at the same time, boring.

This election is about jobs, wages, climate, health care, abortion. Not his show. Your life.

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

OMG, I'm dead 😅🤣😂

[Sam Stein @samstein]

THREAD: If you're like me, you've probably been receiving a barrage of text messages this past week from random, generic sounding groups like Democratic Victory and Democratic Power that say they're raising money for Harris.

[Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @Chasten]

I am deeply grateful for the vision, leadership, and kindness of President @JoeBiden and @DrBiden.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a patriot of the highest order.

Here’s my full statement: https://t.co/Bs2ZumFXxe

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

🧵: Here, we'll make it easy for you, here's *most* of the times JD Vance has trashed Donald Trump, all in one place.

JD trashing Trump: A Thread

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, something to prove, his fellow senators rolling their eyes as the finger wags harder and the stories get longer. Statesman and politician, hero and fool.

Joe Biden ran for president for 50 years. He finally won because he ran as that hero at a time when the country was desperate for empathy and normalcy and wisdom and grace. It was still too close. But even when he was doubted by insiders and pundits (hi!), he persevered; he knew Democrats, he knew America, and he was right.

And then! To his great and everlasting credit, Joe Biden governed as that statesman too. He built a coalition wide enough to hold Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. He defied Washington’s stodgy consensus when necessary, a consensus he spent a lifetime living inside. He adapted, he governed with humility and purpose, whether on how to revive the economy, or take on monopolies, or address student loans, or press for the largest investment in clean energy by any country anywhere on earth. And even as he showed the capacity to listen to the rising progressive voices inside the Democratic party, at the very same time he achieved bipartisan legislative successes in defiance of every political trend of the last thirty years. Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president! Statesman. Hero.

But it’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most - hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak. Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us. The stakes for the country are all that matter. The stakes for Joe Biden are beside the point. But it’s worth saying just the same: Joe Biden can leave office as one of the greatest presidents in our lifetimes, who defeated Trump and put his country first at every turn; or he can leave a stubborn old man who allowed hubris and insecurity to destroy his legacy and perhaps our democracy with it.

We all have our best and worst selves, scrambling over each other, battling it out in the moments that define us. Where is the Joe Biden we elected? Where is the statesman? I hope that version of him shows up soon. And I hope the people around him know where to look.

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

It’s concert week! #SacredVeil

[Cleveland Orchestra @CleveOrchestra]

Composer @EricWhitacre says hello in advance of his concert with The @COChorus on October 20.

https://t.co/v2cs3UqK6O

[Cleveland Orchestra @CleveOrchestra]

A definite can't-miss concert at Severance Music Center this season features Grammy Award–winning composer and conductor @EricWhitacre leading The @COChorus. The concert is the culmination of a week of workshops led by Whitacre for young local musicians.
https://t.co/v2cs3UqK6O

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

Please watch:

[Minnesota Orchestra @minnorch]

"The promise of what's possible
That's the breadth of the task"

If you missed the world premiere of brea(d)th this weekend, you can watch it free of charge here > https://t.co/dTJFKz3moE

Thanks to all who joined us.

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

@jennifer_gilles Love it! 🎶

[University Circle Inc. @inthecircle]

I don't mean to alarm anyone but peak bloom will be this weekend. https://t.co/sgk9vrmbW9

[Cleveland Orchestra Chorus @COChorus]

What a thrill to perform Mozart's Requiem 4 times this weekend with @CleveOrchestra! Thank you for supporting us! Our tenors/basses will be back for Puccini in May! photo: @rog_mastroianni

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

@nathanarussell Already looked at tickets! ☺️

[Alexandra Coghlan @AlexaCoghlan]

‘I’m offended by Tár as a woman, as a conductor, as a lesbian’: I spoke to Marin Alsop for @ST_Culture and she didn’t hold back…

https://t.co/jQMhONPoxX

[Robert Komaniecki @Komaniecki_R]

If you’re not sure why it’s a big deal that the NY Phil Orchestra just surpassed 50% of its members being women, here’s a column from the early 20th Century arguing that women cannot be depended on to become professional instrumentalists.

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/YnJfAbO7wH

[John Adams @HellTweet]

Indeed, what a tremendous chorus. El Niño sounded splendiferous in the magical acoustics of Severance Hall.

[Lisa Wong @LisaCWong]

You don’t want to miss this fabulous piece!

[Cleveland Orchestra Chorus @COChorus]

One more chance to catch El Niño tomorrow night at 8pm. We've loved working with @HellTweet and of course @CleveOrchestra on this special concert series.

[Jacob Collier @jacobcollier]

USA, go vote today!!!!