Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Gumming up the works
After a brawl at a concert in Sweden, Guy Noble offers a novel solution to the perennial problem of audience noise.
Guy Noble is a conductor, pianist, host and writer. He conducts all the major Australian orchestras in a wide variety of music from Beethoven to Broadway, Mozart to movies.
After a brawl at a concert in Sweden, Guy Noble offers a novel solution to the perennial problem of audience noise.
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Taking his soapbox on the road, a pair of tickled ears inspires our maestro to pen an Antipodean’s ode to decent acoustics.