Word from Elaine Calder is that the series of three Pink Martini concerts this coming week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday evenings) have sold in excess of $500,000 worth of tickets. Amazing! It really is a tremendous gift to the Oregon Symphony that Thomas Lauderdale decided to use the Oregon Symphony to make this live recording, rather than going to the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra or a pick-up recording orchestra in Seattle. This album will be a truly locally-produced, homegrown product, and one of which Portland can be justifiably proud.
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pink martini and the oregon symphony
David Stabler has put together a video feature about this weekend’s upcoming Oregon Symphony/Pink Martini live concert recording sessions for an album due out in 2010.
| David Stabler: Pink Martini’s live recordings |
rehearsal technique???
Given that string players are most likely to complain about what they perceive as bad rehearsal technique on the part of a conductor, how about seeing what happens when they try to do it themselves? Not typical of a string quartet rehearsal, but things start to get unwieldy when you’ve got eight players all of whom are facing the same direction! Continue reading
new year’s eve photos
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- Walking to the hall from the hotel.
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- Disney Hall from the hotel
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- Joël, surprised
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- Nick laying down the law
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- Erin getting ready for rehearsal onstage
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- Greg and Nick work out a bowing onstage
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- backstage hijinks with Pansy and Greg
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- Joy, Megan, Julie and Inés backstage
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- Julie Coleman and Charles Noble play some Mozart backstage
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- Pink’s – a hot dog legend
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- The Dude Dog – in homage to Gustavo Dudamel
Thanks to Joël Belgique and Inés Voglar for furnishing the photos.
pink new year – archived broadcast
If you’re interested in hearing the late show from Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, here’s the link from NPR, who broadcast the concert live on its Toast of the Nation show. Enjoy!