… about that whole Classical Music Is Dead or Dying thing. I know it’s rough. You wake up each day thinking, “Oh how I’d love to go to a concert, but of course classical music is dead.” It’s sad, isn’t it?
RIGHT.
No. Concerts. Anywhere. Nearby.
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So, you’ve just gotten a call from a friend, inviting you to the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic’s next concert.
Immediately, your mind races. “Will I have to wear an evening gown? … Isn’t the Philharmonic for senior citizens? … I don’t know anything about classical music!”
Right. Every woman I’ve ever spoken with wonders if she should wear [...]
I will be talking about and playing the oboe and English horn for a university orchestration class tomorrow. The instructor requested that I “play an easy orchestral excerpt, a hard one, a scale, and student pieces/arrangements” to which I responded … well … anything can be difficult, really!
It’s all about context, you know?
I talked [...]
He had to run the red light. He was only protecting his viola! (Why does this sound like it should turn into a viola joke?)
Note: I store my instuments on the floor of the car so that, should I have to stop suddenly, they don’t fly off. (I learned this lesson the hard way.)
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Since my UCSC students are doing Mozart’s Magic Flute right now, I thought I should definitely direct them, and you, to this which I found via Jason Heath’s blog (he found it via this blogger. Really. You’ve got to see it.
Hmmm. I’d never heard it called “Queen of a One Thousand and One Nights” aria [...]
Finally, I’m done. I’ve been on stage playing continuously for just over 30 minutes.
THIRTY MINUTES?! Yikes!
Charles Noble finishes his audition story … and I haven’t gotten to the end yet! I will confess to all of you right now: my heart is POUNDING.
Is that silly or what?
In any case, I will now go read [...]
