Think Out Loud

Last year’s departure of the Oregon Bach Festival’s artistic director Matthew Halls left fractures in the classical music community in Eugene and big questions about how the festival should move forward. Just days before this year’s three-week-long festival, the University of Oregon’s dean of the music and dance department, which runs OBF, announced the departure of the festival’s controversial executive director, Janelle McCoy. As Eugene Weekly’s arts editor Bob Keefer tells us, this year’s programs are markedly different from past years, and many are hoping the once-world-renowned festival can regain its former glory.