In our first Beethoven Walks into a Bar "Spring Short," Jason sits down with his old boss and good friend Teddy Abrams, Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. We hear all about Teddy's creative and adaptive programming at the LO this year (with not only the pandemic, but in the aftermath of Breonna Taylor's death in Louisville," where they see orchestras heading in the future, and they catch up on all things whiskey related in the bourbon capital of the world. This week on Beethoven Walks into a Bar.

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