I neglected to mention the link to your right. Look? See it? Yes. That one! Polyphonic.org has gone public. Check ‘em out! Articles. Interviews. Discussions. News. Blogs. More. Well worth the look-see. Even worth a good amount of time! —–
Archive of entries posted on 17th April 2006
Mud Oboe?!
A team of Iranian music researchers recently discovered that a mud oboe is being played and produced in a village in Kerman Province, the Persian service of the Cultural Heritage News (CHN) agency reported on Monday. Read more here.
I Really Doubt It!
Anywhere you go in either the 1979 Performing Arts Center building or Grant Hall (a renovated grade school from the 1920s), you hear trumpets tootling, English horns emoting, choirs harmonizing. Offices butt up against practice rooms where rehearsals blare nonstop. It’s a wonder anybody can think straight. This is from an article about the University [...]
Well No Wonder!
Along the way, Upshaw sang in school and church choirs. She also learned to play piano and oboe, but in the end it was the singing that captured her full attention. I’ve always loved Dawn Upshaw. This oboe connection must explain why, eh? Okay, I’m kidding (sort of). She’s one of the few opera singers [...]
Another for Jason
Yet again, a review mentions a pal and great English horn player, Jason Sudduth. Good for you, Jason! —–
MQOD
I don’t play the flaute! -Flutist (who happens to be a colleague of mine) responding to a person asking her if he should say “flautist” or “flutist”. —–