Driving to swing band rehearsal last night, Baritone sax player Kate and I got to talking about Prince and his sudden passing. I am saddened by his death. His music holds a special place in my life, as it does…
Madison High School Fine Arts presents Bye Bye Birdie. The pit orchestra is a nice mix of high school students and area pros. I’m playing Reed 3 book which is clarinet and tenor sax and some of the clarinet parts…
From the last couple of weeks, here are some music-related posts on my Instagram account. If you are playing on Instagram, Follow me! Byron gave a solo performance to raise funds for schooling in Chicago.
I’m attracted to these types of challenges – 30 day photo challenge, 30 day fitness challenge, or 8 hour decluttering class. They all have that manageable, well-defined scope and a single, simple (but not always easy) task. I even designed…
Magical! Hypnotic! Inspiring! That’s what attendees were saying last night at Site Painters Studio after hearing Alternate Destination play its opening set. And then we had the improv set! More magic and creative juices flowing. This time from the musicians.…
A few months ago, I brought my sketch pad and pens to a concert. This wasn’t your typical concert with the audience organized in rows and rows of chairs. No, there were chairs and tables at this event. There was…
I do kind of make them do it. But in the end, they are so glad to have performed. And they are more inspired. Inspiration by recital Why, before the recital one young man had asked his Mother why he…
Today’s music from ASAD is a beautiful finger-picking song by Paper Bird called Lost Boys. Nice groove by the banjo from the start. The song builds by adding more instruments one by one. At about 2 minutes, they go all…
I stumbled upon* an interesting web service a couple of weeks ago: A Song A Day. You sign up for a daily email Monday through Friday, tell them what types of music you like, mention some favorite artists or composers,…
Today, I attended #PressPublish, a day-long WordPress blogging conference run by the folks at Automattic. My intention for attending was to get the spark back into my writing here @ MegGrace.com and be inspired to want to write again. Great…
Last week when 7th grader Zach arrived for his sax lesson, he found me watching a live feed performance of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. Juilliard is in New York City and I am in Portland, Oregon. Yay, Interwebs! I invited him…
27th Season Opener The Portland Wind Symphony is thrilled to announce the opening of their 27th season! Guest conductor Dr. Daniel Schmidt will lead the ensemble in a rich variety of music, including the Overture to Candide, by Leonard Bernstein;…