My colleague in the Columbus Symphony, principal bassoonist Betsy Sturdevant, posted this poem on being a musician. Betsy maintains a wonderful Bassoon Blog, with detailed posts on every piece we play in the Columbus Symphony, among other subjects. Any aspiring…
Mozart and Bruckner – InstantEncore
Mozart and Bruckner – InstantEncore Our Columbus Symphony concerts from last weekend. Christopher Seaman conducted, and did a marvelous job with the entire preparation and performance process. One couldn’t ask for a more clear and thoughtful conductor, with a great…
Custom Barrels by Allan Segal
Allan Segal, a reader of my blog, is making a custom clarinet barrel for me. His website Clarinet Concepts, describes him as Surgeon, Musician, Woodworker. I’ve been trying Backun barrels again recently, and was frustrated at not being able to…
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Twitter posts March 22, ’10
Practice day off. Need to get some sun in my soul before I can put out more musical feeling. It’s always a good sign when I feel & show gratitude, rather than worry over what I don’t have. When I…
Air attacks and soft articulation
I am about to leave to go play the second concert in this weekend’s Columbus Symphony fare, with Christopher Seaman conducting. Maestro Seaman rehearsed the orchestra in a remarkably efficient and thorough manner during the week, using his English wit…
Columbus Symphony rates low in city investment
A letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio. I tried to search the Dispatch archive for the tourism article mentioned in this letter, but the Dispatch website has trouble finding its archive. I got the text of the…