ABBA wishes you a happy new year.
I do too.
… Blue Moon!
Some I did blog about. Others are new to me … unless this OldBoeBrain simply forgot! (Could happen.)
I wonder!
Music therapy ‘may help cut tinnitus noise levels’
Individually designed music therapy may help reduce the noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say German researchers.
They altered participants’ favourite music to remove notes which matched the frequency of the ringing in their ears.
After a year of listening to the modified music, individuals reported a drop in the loudness of their tinnitus.
RTWT (& thanks, dear sister, for the link!)
I have a bassoon but I’d like either an English Horn or Oboe, will probably end up with an oboe since there are more of them
Plus, with collection names like Oboe, Bongo, and Maraca, you can’t help but get into the groove. Everything old is new again, and I’m totally down with that — it makes me feel like a youngster!
Who knew that “oboe” would help someone get into the groove, eh?
I read it here, about the WESC headphones that I kind of want merely so I can say my headphones are “oboe”. (But no, I won’t be buying them. Really.)
Of course it’s probably not too cool to be saying “into the groove” and then use the word “youngster” … you know?
Wife looked into getting me an oboe as a b-day gift but even the inexpensive ones were fall-down expensive.
Here is a work from an oboist doing his Eastman recital. I am entirely unfamiliar with the work, Rathbun’s 3 Diversions for 2 Oboes:
Movement I:
Movement II:
Movement III:
The oboist, Kevin Pearl, has posted a number of videos. Check ‘em out!
At the college I am going to all they have is an orchestra?
I played on the drumline at my high school, but the college I am going to doesn’t have a marching band, all they have is a symphony orchestra. I HATE playing concert percussion. What instrument do you think I should try to learn for orchestra? I am not trying to make it this year or anything. I am willing to work at it.
… not right now anyway. So maybe someone else can answer this person and tell them that an $800 oboe usually isn’t worth even that!
Hello,
My daughter has been renting a Selmer 1492FB for the past 4 months. Now I see on a local online private advertisment (Craigslist) an Oboe for about $800. (asking $800). The brand is “Kreul”.
Is this a good brand?
Read here.
Quick! Save this woman some money!
help my memory: it’s a new, expensive instrument that looks like an oboe, has a built in drum machine and sequencer and works with MIDI.
And another version:
… for jokes. And puns. And of course the article does go there.
“We’re not just a bunch of lawyers playing music. We’re actually a good orchestra,” maestro Gary S. Greene, who organized the ensemble earlier this year, said confidently before putting his players through their paces.
Man oh man, I’m trying to imagine an orchestra completely made up of lawyers. The whole thing is simply terrifying, don’tcha think?
Uh-oh. Now they’ll probably sue me.
“Blend. Play softly. That’s where I want everybody soft so you can hear the trombone,” Greene implored as they struggled with a challenging selection from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I.”
… because we all know how difficult it is to hear the trombone! ;-)
It’s not only about cello. Really. I just read some mighty fine stuff at Stark Raving Cello and I encourage you to do the same. Every thing she writes is true and I think I should require all my students who are thinking of music as a profession to read each entry. Honest!
On the First Day of Cellomas we are shown that this isn’t the Survivor set.
On the Second Day of Cellomas we are taught not to ignore pain. Ever.
On the Third Day of Cellomas we are instructed never to leave our instruments in our cars. Never.
On the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth days of Cellomas we are told … BEHAVE!
On the ninth day of Cellomas we are taught about negative voices and perseverance.
And now I must wish Emily quick healing for her ulner surgery. Repair, my friend!
