It would take a Beethoven to do justice to the final triumphant rise in the stock market yesterday, the one that carried the S&P to an all time high of 1530.2 in the index, and 1534.5 in futures. Indeed, Beethoven could have written the ninth symphony about the last few days in the markets, with [...]
Thanks to Cooper I’ve been introduced to the inspiration for Star Wars.
It explains so much! (Although I feel as if some of the music belongs in a Lord of the Rings parody instead.)
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So this guy goes to concerts and records the intermissions. He then creates works from what he’s recorded. He says he doesn’t edit, so you are getting the “real thing.” I’m not sure what I think about all of this, aside from the fact that I would guess it might get pretty boring to listen [...]
Oh how I wish I could go to this. Alas, I have Symphony Silicon Valley, and of course I’m not about to miss that (Beethoven’s 6th, an Amram’s Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie, Leos Janácek’s Sinfonietta, with Paul Polivnick conducting … should be fun … and good!).
But oh man … garlic fries [...]
Via an idaho violist I was reminded of the Cleveland violist, Richard Waugh, who is currently blogging about, and will be biking across the country, in honor and memory of his friend and colleague, Charles Barr, who was killed last year while riding his bike.
News article here.
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Nobody is getting any after a date that involves Shostakovich played by dudes in sweatpants. And that’s the sole point of going to the symphony.
-Joel Stein
So now you know.
Sole point, my foot.
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When an article begins with a lie (okay, a joke, but a lie never the less), I don’t take it too seriously. Still, it’s about musicians and the way we dress, so I had to read it.
Yes, we can use a make over. Sure, I’d love to have someone help me find clothes to [...]
There were times, with a former orchestra in which I played, when I was so fearful about a concert I felt might fall apart. When I’d get home Dan would ask, “How did it go?” My response was often, “Well, we didn’t have to stop.”
Of course that was the best thing I could say about [...]
Maybe I’m just paranoid. Maybe this video is just cute to anyone else. But I cringe when I see a five year old sitting on a bed, tooting on an oboe, with a baby crawling around nearby. I see so many things that could go wrong. The baby could bash into the girl and the [...]
Today is my second to last Tuesday on the UCSC campus for the year. It’s not my last day on campus, though; I’ll be attending The Magic Flute this Sunday. I’m looking forward to hearing and seeing it!
I am planning on updating my Musicians’ Etiquette page soon. I think I’ll also make it a [...]
I am afraid the opera will be banned, unless a poor performance turns it all into a joke. Only mediocre performances can save me! Really good ones would drive people mad.
-Wagner (on Tristan und Isolde)
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Jeremy Denk just announced a switch. To what? Well, to WordPress. Here’s his new site.
It’s a sign, I tell ya!
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Someone landed here because of a google image search.
What I really want to know is where can I get this music?! I mean … how fun would it be to have this work that includes a picture painted by my daughter of my very own hands, huh?
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Kenneth Woods just wrote a most gracious email to me. How cool is that? ALMOST as cool as being described (if you’re a man, of course) as “a younger, dark-haired William Hurt, only not as depressed.” (This description of Ken appeared in the Oregonian
I attended Lynbrook High School in San Jose, but it was quite some time ago. (I graduated in 1974.) When I was there we were well known for our band. We had three bands, and there was no doubt which was the top, as the bands were named “A”, “B” and “C”. “A” band was [...]
… and maybe we’ll see more as time goes on. The Play! show that took place during the San José Fanimecon, is now up at YouTube. Just one tune … in case you’e interested. Not a great video, to say the least, (bad visually, sound is awful) but it might give you an idea of [...]
In other words, Pendleton’s orchestra gives even career musicians the meaning and passion that they miss elsewhere. They don’t do it for the money: Pay ranges from volunteer to $50 per service (rehearsals and the concert), with up to $75 travel reimbursement. The Oregon Symphony pays freelancers $170 per service.
Okay … that’s more than I [...]
BARTOLO
Un dramma! Bella cosa! Sarà al solito un
dramma semi-serio, un lungo, malinconico,
noioso, poetico strambotto.
Barbaro gusto! secolo corrotto!
An opera! Fine thing! As usual it will be a
semi-serious play, a long, melancholy,
boring, poetic rigmarole. In the worst taste!
What a corrupt age!
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The Giants just finished losing their third game in a row (the third time is so often not the charm). No one is home, I’ve had a bit of a nap (ball games can do that to me sometimes) and I’m pretty much unemployed with no urgent music to practice (sure, reeds would be a [...]
I didn’t get to sleep unti well after midnight. In my younger days (that was last year … oh … wait … longer …) and I slept until 8:00. Lazy me! And I’m still tired.
I didn’t realize how tiring playing the FanimeCon concert would be. It certainly wasn’t difficult. Lots of notes (and the one [...]
Fanime Convention. It isn’t something I’d normally get close to. It’s just night my cuppa if you know what I mean.
But there I was, in some foreign land. And these characters were more than happy to let me snap pictures. (And yes I know, it’s fairly clear that I’m not a photographer! That talent was [...]
May 26, 2007, Fanime Convention
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May 26, 2007, Fanime Convention
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May 26, 2007, Fanime Convention
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May 26, 2007, Fanime Convention
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