He would do most of his work in the morning, and after that, he'd find himself some pub in the city and go talk to people. He was actually a very interesting man.

We are a fully professional orchestra with fully paid musicians, but we are still perceived as a small community orchestra. We need to change that.

We're trying to expand our audiences and have as many people as possible exposed to the orchestra. It's a whole marketing strategy that we hope will better picture us as a 25-year-old organization with a vision for the future.

We want people to see us as part of the cultural vitality of the greater Hilton Head area.

We're very happy that the first step has been taken. We have a lot more work to do before we can bring this project to fruition.

If you need the venue to motivate you to get to the championship, you're in the wrong line of work. But it would be nice.