I’ve been overwhelmed the past week with my room being repaired and painted. It’s amazing how disruptive those changes can be to a regular and focused practice schedule. Plus I realized that I have recently been changing too many parameters…
Copland Concerto, Pt. 2
Here is the second part of the performance, of which the first part, posted a few days ago, is HERE. The goal in performing this jazzy faster movement of the Copland Clarinet Concerto is to strive for a feeling of…
How do musicians fit in?
Found this blog post by Keith Kehrer about the struggle many musicians have with being mis-understood by the non-musician world. “How do we live in a world where people don’t understand what we do?” People think artists/musicians are flakes and…
Moussorgsky “Bald Mtn” solo
For our Columbus Symphony Halloween Pops concert tomorrow night (Saturday Oct 31 in Veterans Memorial Hall, Columbus Oh), we’re playing one piece which has become a standard for Halloween Pops: Mousorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. After all, it features a…
Robert Spring, Clarinet Virtuoso
I had a nice chance to chat with Robert Spring while he was here working with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. It was after a concert that I played with him in the orchestra. (I sub as…
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Temporary Theme Change
Hi all. This is not my new site. Yet. I found a nice clean theme and I couldn’t resist using it for awhile. Let me know what you think. Credit goes to Patty at Oboeinsight.com. She is using this theme…