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Good News for Ogren, Bad News for Levine

Posted at 8:50 AM on March 23, 2010 by Gillian Martin
Filed under: In the media, Musician stories

Conductor James Levine, who missed the beginning of the 2009-10 season due to health problems, will now miss the final weeks as well. While that's bad news for him, it gives a high profile gig to St. Olaf College alum Jayce Ogren, who will replace Maestro Levine in a world premiere performance this weekend with the Boston Symphony.

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