Jonathan Andrew Govias

It's become one of the hallmark stories of the year - the rehearsal in Acarigua during a power outage. The orchestra and I working by the limited natural light coming through a single small window, without air-conditioning, rehearsing in extreme heat for over an hour before calling a very necessary break to wring out shirts … Continue reading A good sign… UPDATED

If you ever wanted proof that we live in a world of untold possibility, this picture juxtaposed against those in my last posting should be evidence enough. As mentioned in this previous post, five days after the performance in the barn in Devon, musicians of  In Harmony Lambeth performed along with the London Philharmonic onstage … Continue reading Lon-done.

I'm back in Caracas. Even as I type that I have a hard time believing it, since I never expected to return so soon. But here I am, after a 10+ hour flight from Frankfurt across the Atlantic, looking out a window onto the Sabana Grande. Part of the problem is that I feel like … Continue reading Rattling cages

I'm telling the story out of order, but it's my story, and I'll tell it the way I want to. On the 16th of June the Abreu Fellows program officially concluded with a ceremony at the New England Conservatory. For the second major presentation in a row (the first being LA) I spoke last for … Continue reading A fellowship that will not end

Approximately 4 hours west of London by vehicle is a region called Devon, in which lies the town of Exeter. The countryside is beautiful, quintessentially if not stereotypically British, with rolling fields partitioned by tall hedgerows, and cows and sheep dotting the hillside. Just east of Exeter there's an agricultural fairground with a large indoor … Continue reading Cows and cowards (Not Noel)