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But What Is He Wearing?

… at first I thought the guy was naked. (Yeah, I have blurry eyes this morning.) Happy 4th!

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Because oboe is so similar to the low voice

According to www.suite101.com’s Jennifer Copley, “Austrian scientists have found that cats appear to prefer instruments such as the oboe and deep bass, as well as male voice choirs.” I read it here, and I’m really puzzled about the oboe connection. If cats prefer “deep tones to high-pitched notes” how the heck does oboe belong there? But whatever. [...]

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The Ravenna Festival: La scuola napoletana

Ravenna once served as the capital of the Roman Empire in the 5th and 6th centuries C.E.

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Driving the organisation's car

Driving our huge organisation's car (both the organisation and the car), it creates mixed feelings in me. It's covered in the (humanitarian) organisation's logo, which does not necessarily help. Of course it is nice to drive such a huge car, and very comfortable - though I am a bit surprised about the manual windows - would have expected things to be electric, or is this a security precaution, like...

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Ear-Driven Music

Composer David Bruce has an interview with me up on his Composition:Today web site....

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Julius Williams Conducts 'Trilogy: An Opera Company' in Joplin's 'Treemonisha' in Newark Aug. 1

Sinfonia Trilogy Julius WILLIAMS Conductor Chuck PATTERSON Stage Director Kevin MAYNOR Artistic Director Starring Janinah BURNETT (as Treemonisha) Robert MACK Geraldine MCMILLIAN Kevin MAYNOR Raemond MARTIN With Newark City Ballet Dance Theatre of Irvington Trilogy: An Opera Company Focuses on the works of Black Composers as well as works reflective of the Black Experience using artists across the...

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Happy Independence Day Weekend!

Here's Barack Obama with the Chicago Symphony in 2005 (when he was still in the Senate) in an excerpt of Copland's Lincoln Portrait (previously seen here ):

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America First Day 1924: We've come a long way

The people who made this poster back in 1924 had a certain vision for an ideal American society. Many of the ideals are still viable, and many simply cannot be attained. Abolition of caste and class? Not likely. And religious liberty, to be reinforced by "patriotic religious services" in West Virginia? And what's this about "womanhood" as something to "regard" like childhood...

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CBC 124: ISB 2009 Impressions

We’re featuring some brief interviews I did with people on the floor of the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention at Penn State in June. Feel free to check out my ISB 2009 Retrospective blog post for even more information on what was happening at this year’s convention, and stay tuned for an avalanche [...]

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Bernstein conducts “The Stars and Stripes Forever”

Happy 4th. Post from: The Arts Blog

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Sweet festival sounds

Here's a list of best bets from the cornucopia of not-too-distant classical music festivals. Note that many of these festivals program other musical genres as well. We've picked one concert each from among dozens of great possibilities.

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Happy Fourth of July!

By Pauline Lerner: Today (July 4) is Independence Day (and also my birthday). & nbsp; Independence Day is a major holiday for Americans. Laurie posted a blog about it, but her approach and mine differ. I've gathered a few items from Youtube which make me feel proud to be an American. Marin Alsop is the first woman conductor and Music Director of a major symphony orchestra (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)...

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Happy 4th Of July

You can start the celebration nice and early. Ready? Set? Go! … with the Muppets … with fireworks In New York … or in Disneyland … or in Washington, D.C. with a live symphony orchestra (an orchestra sounds so much better when they don’t use a dead orchestra)

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Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – CEMC – Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) – 3 Songs

This video content is Copyright © 2008/ 2009 the Chicago Early music Consort and appears here on the GambaCast by permission. Acclaimed for its “imaginative” programming and “delicate, flawlessly-performed music”, the Chicago Early Music Consort recreates the rich and diverse sounds of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque chamber repertoire in an historically-informed...

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Happy July 4!

By Laurie Niles: That is, happy Independence Day to V.com friends in the United States, and a simple happy July 4 for everyone the world 'round! I looked around YouTube for something that showed some American spirit, and naturally I chose a piece by a Belgian composer...;) Thank you to V.com member Krzysztof Ruci & ntilde;ski , who was 18 when he recorded this with pianist Chase Coleman, during...