Hi all As a player in the band, Windworx, that accompanied the 4 horn players on Konzertstuck, I'd just like to say that they sounded amazing! It was great being a part of the symposium in that way. I hope everyone who made the long trek down here enjoyed their experience.
~Kerri
------------------------------ message: 8 date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:41:11 -0700 (PDT) from: John Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> subject: [Hornlist] IHS Symposium in Cape Town A quick double post, cousins, to send greetings from the International Horn Society's annual symposium, being held right now in Cape Town, South Africa. It's been a wonderful meeting. It's hard to know what people have enjoyed more--the astonishing playing we've heard, the terrific masterclasses, hanging out with other hornists, trying out the horns and Wagner tuben on exhibit (my vote goes to the 503 currently on the Alexander table--gorgeous instrument), or exploring Cape Town. I suppose we've liked them all the best. I have to run off to a session in a few minutes, so I won't try to mention all the great playing we've heard. For instance, yesterday afternoon, Marshall Sealy, Jeff Snedeker, and Adam Lesnick tore up the joint in a jazz concert. Last night, Frank Lloyd, Lisa Ford, and Bruno Schneider thrilled us with their sublime performances of Forster, Mozart, Larsson, and Haydn. Never heard of Lisa Ford? You will. She's principal in Gothenburg, and she can play. Seriously play. That's the beauty of these symposium's--you can be stunned by the playing of someone you've never encountered before. I've got to mention, without saying much more, Nancy Joy's dazzling performance of Daniel McCarthy's "Call of Boromir" for horn and marimba and Bruno Schneider, Geoffrey Winter, Frank Lloyd, and Jeff Snedeker's glorious work in the Konzertstuck. In any case, I've posted some photos from the symposium in my gallery: http://gallery.leica-users.org/IHSCapeTown The first set is from Monday night, when participants in Jeff Snedeker's jazz masterclass went out to the long-running jam session at Swinger's, a local club and played a number with the house band. Then Jeff and Marshall Sealy jammed with the band for about an hour. Let me tell you folks, they brought down the house. Cape Town loved it. The second set of photos is from a trip that some of us made on Tuesday to schools in disadvantaged areas. Some of these student musicians, especially the choir in the photos, were excellent. It was good to see the impact that music can make in helping South Africa to overcome its terrible history. The last set is from yesterday afternoon's jazz concert, with Snedeker, Sealy, and Adam Lesnick. These cats can swing. When you go to the gallery, click on the thumbnails to see a larger image. There are two pages. Use the arrows to get to page 2. Now I've really, really gotta go. More later, boys and girls. --John J Mason Charlottesville, Virginia DEMOCRACY OF SPEED, a Photo Documentary Project: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/john-m/john-m.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com End of Horn Digest, Vol 43, Issue 32 ************************************
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