After returning home again two nights ago post-two-week-trip to visit family and friends, local life and living required extra attention to catch up. Plans to meditate and practice clarinet disappeared, submerged under a torrent of errands and events. And emotions.…
Brett Sheehy bursts classical music’s cultural bubble
“Classical music is a “tyrannical” term, implying music written by dead white men. When I do present an older classical work, I want to present it through a 21st-century lens, not as a costume drama. The only reason that a…
Is technology harming classical music? – latimes.com
Freedom is the real issue. Is the role of technology to open us to new possibilities or is it, as more and more in Silicon Valley are trying to do, to enmesh us in an environment envisioned by Apple or…
X-Ray Video of Dancing Tongue in Clarinetist’s Mouth – Not what you expect.
Clarinetist and teacher Ray Wheeler (1930-2006) shocked the clarinet world in the early 70s with his x-ray film of what happens inside a clarinetist’s mouth while playing. (Video link thanks to ClarinetMike Blog) For those who may not be aware…
Sandow and Midgette on audience decline for classical music
The institution of live classical music concerts continues to flounder, and the water isn’t getting any calmer. Can you teach an old fish to swim upstream? But the origins and value of music remain vital to humanity’s sanity. What needs…
The OSU Marching Band with the Columbus Symphony
The Ohio State University Marching Band, TBDBITL, with the Columbus Symphony, Saturday night, July 30, 2011, at Picnic with the Pops. As always an exciting evening! And so ends a summer, a season, and and era. On the last night…