". . . an illuminating description of the profound, complex, and rewarding creation of musical performances . . ."
Brent Assink – Executive Director,
San Francisco Symphony
". . . (Cirone) has caught the essence, the life, in this unique world of top orchestras."
Nancy Hellman Bechtle — Past President,
San Francisco Symphony
"This wonderful book, impossible to put down once you start reading it, gives a glimpse of that world (music and passion) few come to know . . ."
Peter Loel Boonshaft — Professor of Music, Hofstra University
"Tony is dead on—an insider who knows the joys and tensions of working in a symphony orchestra."
Morris Lang — New York Philharmonic
"This witty, informative book answers every question a reader may have about how major orchestras function."
Jorge Mester — Conductor Laureate, Aspen Music Festival