After spending my almost my entire day with the [name here] Youth Symphony Junior Orchestra, I’m thinking that I sure would like to give up Clarinet and take up Oboe
G.P.Telemann “La guerre en la paix”
I LOVE her oboe. Its so pretty. You should try out the english horn one day. Its better than oboe.
Have any of you ever heard of the Tempest oboe? (Weird name, in my little opinion.) I’ve never heard of it, but I’d be willing to give it a try, since it’s only $1595.00. I’ve yet to find anything at that price that I’d recommend. Maybe they’ll send me one to review here, eh?
I’m always leery of a company that makes so many instruments. I see these at their site: clarinet, euphonium, flute, French horn, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, violin, oboe, bassoon, guitarron, and vihuela. Um. Okay.
The BurgstallerMartignon4 are Joe Burgstaller (trumpets), Hector Martignon (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass) and John Ferrari (percussion). Formed in 2005, they creatively mix together jazz and classical music.
we are up against the wall. We are behind on votes. But we continue to hope ….
Today was amazing. (me sleeping while band is playing.* Startled awake*) Me: oh! Bad Oboe woke me up!
Andrea Strappa, Esercizi per il ring, nr. 2 “Estro”
Andrea Gallo, oboe
Andrea Strappa, piano
This is a single reed, Bulgarian bagpipe.
There’s a very nice write up on San Francisco Classical Voice about the competition. My friend and fab singer Jouvanca gets a lovely mention:
And then there was Jouvanca Jean-Babtiste. None of the contestants had more personality, more expression, particularly as Electra singing “Oreste, d’Ajace.” If Halmic’s Electra was sensual and desperate, Jean-Babtiste’s was pure psychopath. She was riveting.
Woo hoo Jouvanca! (Sorry about the misspelling, though!)
I don’t even have an oboe. I have to use the english horn. And only when I have a lessoon.
Sal Pizarro has written again about the Facebook/Chase contest:
The last day of voting for Chase Community Giving’s Facebook competition is upon us, and Symphony Silicon Valley needs to make up a lot of ground to be one of the 25 nonprofit groups that’ll get grants.
Another South Bay organization, the Santa Clara Vanguard drum corps, is doing much better, sitting at No. 20 on Tuesday. Every Facebook user gets to vote for five groups, so you should throw some love their way, too.
The symphony, which won a $25,000 grant in the first round of voting, plans to put any money it receives in the contest toward ArtSpark — an ambitious plan to bring every third- through sixth-grade student in Santa Clara County to a professional arts event at no cost to schools or parents.
If that sounds like a good cause, you can vote on Facebook until 9 p.m. Wednesday (use the case-sensitive Web address bit.ly/CommunityGiving as a shortcut).
Thanks, Mr. Pizarro! Now … get out there and vote!
I just read this on a YouTube video:
six pieces for oboe (or other instrument in Bb) and piano
so i think i want to learn how to play oboe. =]
The King’s Singers singing “I’m Yours” and having a bit ‘o fun
