16. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: FBQD

Ouch!! Looking into the price of getting a new used Oboe for [name here] . This one better be good for college auditions and beyond!!

16. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Read Online

Copyright protects living composers; please respect it.
For as long as the music is performed, the composer lives.

Hmmm … so is this person suggesting ALL music that is still performed should still be under copyright? I’m not sure I understand!

16. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: ACappellaTuesday™

Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir

16. August 2011 · 5 comments · Categories: TQOD

Bags and bags of cane. Need a gouger now #oboe #nerd

16. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: TangoTime™

Rolan Dyens: Tango en Skai
Yehyun Lee, Guitar (12 years old)

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Read Online

By the age of 8, Sedaka was studying classical piano at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. On composing classical music as opposed to writing pop songs, Sedaka said, “You have much more creative freedom with classical music.”

Read here.

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: OutsideMyWorld™

An improvised duet, by Cornell Kinderknecht (English horn / cor anglais) and Tom Prasada-Rao (octave violin). We put down our flutes and guitars and picked up our classical instruments and made something unique.

Recorded on January 28, 2011 in Richardson / Dallas, Texas USA.

Cornell Kinderknecht’s website: www.cornellk.com
Tom Prasada-Rao’s website: www.TomPrasadaRao.com

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Opera

In anticipation of the Ring Cycle San Francisco Opera started a blog. I just received news that they will continue with the blog, and they currently have an entry about the upcoming opera, Heart of a Soldier. The entry is written by the composer, Christopher Theofanidis. Check it out!

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: FBQD

[name here] gave up too early on that oboe career would rather be at the Symphony right now…maybe if I stare hard enough, my computer screen will turn into a conductor, my desk into a stage, my keyboard into an oboe…

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Quotes

I’ve never worried about any snob-factor attached with listening to classical music. Sure there’s a lot of information to disseminate and decipher; there’s a near infinite set of recordings and pieces – but you get to opt in, you get to decide where you want to be on the scale. It’s really no different from any level of involvement in any other musical genre – or any other hobby for that matter. I came to realise, very early on, that any snob-factor was often projected on to classical enthusiasts by insecure neophytes.

-Simon Sweetman

RTWT

15. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: TQOD

oboe never sounds purty unless you’re an oboegod

14. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Sunday Hymn Sing

It Is Well With My Soul

14. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Sunday Evening Music

Nearer My God To Thee
Viva Vox Choir (men only)

14. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Sunday @ Noon Music

Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Dale

14. August 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: Announcements

I normally don’t post anything but music on Sundays, but today is a special day, so I thought I’d break my little rule. So here is where I’m going.

Press Release