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Canon in D Like You’ve Never Heard It Before
Canon In D (Pachelbel) Performed by Hiromi Uehara in Marciac, 2010
Trill (Short Post)
Where do dead reeds go?
To the compost pile! Remember, cane reeds come from bamboo cane. They are grown and harvested and usually stored for a couple of years to ‘age’ and ‘cure’ the cane before they become the clarinet, saxophone, oboe or bassoon reed…
25th Essentially Ellington Festival begins June 8
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra offers the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival every year in May. It is a festival of high school jazz bands playing from the library of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. This year is the 25th anniversary of…
Making My Dreams Come True
Last night I dreamt that I was playing my flute and clarinet in the Rose City Wind Symphony. I had both instruments on my lap and took turns going from one to the other during the rehearsal or concert. Today,…
The Sound Of My Voice
A friend recommended this documentary to me recently. I finally got a ’round tuit’ and thoroughly enjoyed this movie based on the memoir by Linda Rondstadt, Simple Dreams, A Musical Memoir. I hadn’t realized the amazing voice Rondstadt had until…