Peggy Swafford, former OSO violist and indefatigable champion of music education, has set up a project through the Music Education Assistance Project (a program of Local 99, American Federation of Musicians) to provide $25,000 to get much needed instruments for instrumental music instructors in the Portland Public Schools. The programs are chosen by popular vote
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Stanley Drucker retires after 60 years in NY Phil [NYTimes] Marin Alsop re-ups for 5 more years in Baltimore [Baltimore Sun] Young audiences overrated? [Washington Post] $1 million to Detroit Symphony [Detroit Free Press]
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This week’s soprano soloist, Karina Gauvin. Photo credit: Michael Slobodian Two of the three works that we’re performing on this weekend’s classical subscription concerts feature the juxtaposition of words and music. And they couldn’t be more different. The first work is Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. It’s one of my favorite pieces of all
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Here’s a fairly common thing that happens when one does a gig where parts are produced under a tight deadline: misprints, wrong clefs, mis-transpositions, etc. Here’s a chart with the before on the left, the after on the right – looks a little different, right? Glad I wrote a lot of theory/orchestration exercises in undergrad
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Stewie “plays” the french horn. Stewie plays the banjo. Lois and Brian keep the rhythm – funny if you’ve ever taught a music lesson.
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Some very sad news from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose Principal trombonist, Steven Witser, died of a heart attack at the age of 48 on Monday night. The Ying Quartet is losing its first violinist, resulting in a quartet that will not be all siblings. The Baltimore Symphony musicians have given $1 million in voluntary
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fEARnoMUSIC 21st-century classical ensemble and video curators HELSINQI media studio Present: Parallaxis: Music and Moving Pictures: A live concert of 20th/21st-century classical music performed with original video/film by contemporary artists — silent-movie style. Friday, April 17 8 PM Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church 2828 SE Stephens St Portland OR 97214 (between Hawthorne & Division) Tickets: Online
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A friend sent this along to me last night as I was finishing up a previous blog posting, and I took the time to read it instead of just passing it over with good intentions. I’m so glad I did. There is so much in the business of producing music that is stressful, disheartening, political,
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Two Several news items from this week: Cincinnati Symphony & Pops Put Recordings On Hold Telarc Label to Suspend Producing Recordings Classical Music Thrives in Virtual ‘Second Life’ Musicians: Radio Stations Should Pay Us Royalties Free Streaming Audio: Fighting Piracy?
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Carlos Kalmar – Photo: Oregon Symphony In case you missed it, the Oregonian ran a story about our music director Carlos Kalmar taking part in a brain study at OHSU. It involved Kalmar being put into an MRI machine, then listening to a movement of Dvorak’s Sixth Symphony (which he was rehearsing that week) while
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I opened my email box today to find that Arts Scatter had awarded my blog the Premios Dardo Award (along with other fine local blogs), which comes with the following stipulations: Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her
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Sometimes one is reminded, as a professional musician, that the act of making music and presenting it to the public isn’t merely an exercise in entertainment. Music is entertainment that can often be transformational, regardless of its seriousness of intent. A great string quartet can give you intimate insight into the greatest works of our
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I was reading a great collection of diary entries and columns by the great Bob “Bobke” Roll, who had a career racing both road bikes and mountain bikes in the 80′s to the early 90′s. He was also a training partner for a young upstart Lance Armstrong as he made his comeback from cancer. As
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As part of our partnership with different communities each year, our education department includes what is called the instrument petting zoo. Â No, it’s not a bunch of instruments in a fenced in area, with children walking around them petting them with timid hands. Â What it is in actuality is a chance for kids to
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Click the thumbnail image above to enlarge this cool score – find more info here.
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