Last week Louisa and I were lucky enough to be in Chicago visiting the League of American Orchestras conference. We were staying in a really nice suburb called Evanston and were very taken with the place. There’s a tangible enthusiasm for the arts there and we managed to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Grant Park Festival Orchestra while we were there. We were also very grateful to get some great coaching on Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata from David Taylor (assistant Concert master with the CSO). With a bit of luck we’ll be back there soon…