Goodbye, M. With much love and affection.
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I was watching the last installment of the PBS series “The War” when they came to a segment about the liberation of the death camps across Europe. The music chosen for this was Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. How appropriate – this music which largely ignores the concept of human time, and
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Every now and then I stumble upon some insight that really throws me. These gems, big and small, rough or brilliantly polished, turn my conceptions of the world upside down, make me think of things anew, and get me to question what I know of myself and my view of the world. Today I was
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Photo: Richard Termine for the New York Times She’s appearing with the OSO this season, and by the sound of this review in the New York Times, you’d better score your tickets sooner than later, she’s red hot. Here’s an excerpt from the review by Times writer Stephen Holden: It is fascinating to watch the
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[photo by nookly] My trip back from New York was memorable, to say the least. It involved one of those mythical New York City cab rides that one only hears about, but almost never directly experiences.
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I was walking back to the hotel after the Emerson Quartet concert on Thursday night, and happened to pass a pissed-off starlet who was being pursued by a pack of “tween” girls and their chaperone.
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Jen has a great list of Seven Habits for Highly Ineffective People – read it now!
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[click to enlarge] Over the weekend we had a visit from my old college roommate Tom Joyce, who is the bass trombonist of the Charleston (SC) Symphony.
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The story that launched a thousand jokes: ‘Mrs. Grumpy’ Allegedly Hits Pupil With Bow AP BOULDER, Colo. (March 8th) – A substitute music teacher has been arrested after allegedly whacking a 10-year-old student on the head with a viola bow after telling the class they were “the worst players I’ve ever heard.” Newspaper and television
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courtesy Wikipedia
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This past summer I made the very wonderful acquaintance of Ken’s Artisan Pizza on SE 28th St. It’s a great place to have wonderful salads, artisan pizzas and appetizers of all kinds. I thought that the building in which it was housed was familiar to me, and now, looking through my archives, I realize that
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Only from the mind of a bass trombonist… http://www.thepetersonproject.com/Viola.htm I’m just waiting for this one to hit YouTube… Enjoy!
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You might not know that I’m a pretty avid amateur photographer in what spare time I do have. What I most enjoy is doing portraits of local musicians. Here are some examples of my recent work: Tessa Brinckman, Cary Lewis and Dorothy Lewis – November 2006 Linda Campos – September 2006 Shin-young Kwon – April
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Here are some thoughts that have passed through my head during the last couple of days of rehearsals: Mozart really is a great composer (Norman Lebrecht notwithstanding) Composer John Adams just might have the best copyist in the business Choruses will, without fail, laugh at all the conductor’s jokes Playing softly is much more difficult
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