ed, Thank you for sending the youtube site of Jake - wonderful!- and thank you for your annual participation in such a worthwhile and meaningful event.
Ned On Oct 21, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Edward Martin wrote: > Dear ones, > > I received the transcription from Tom. He did a beautiful job, and I > tweaked it a bit. But, it works beautifully. > > The reason I asked if anyone on the list had this piece is > thus: every year, for the past 25 years, I have performed in a > service, sponsored by the Grief Support Center at SMDC, a large > medical center. I just returned from the gig. This service is a > remembrance for families and loved ones of children who have > died; needless to say, it is a very emotionally charged event, and > beautifully done. I usually perform renaissance lute pieces for > it. While contemplating this event, yesterday, I stumbled upon a you > tube video of Jake Shimabukuro, on ukulele - > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQhbqkCe0A&feature=related. I was > taken by how beautiful this was on a ukulele, and I immediately > considered doing this piece in the service (of course, on lute). > > Needless to say, Tom Draghon came to the rescue, as I hadn't the time > to transcribe the piece, and asked if anyone had it. After receiving > it from Tom, I performed it with little preparation, and it went so > well. That piece seemed to touch many emotions, and there were so > many who thanked me for it, as they felt it was the perfect piece for > such an event. > > Thanks, Tom! > > ed > > > > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com > voice: (218) 728-1202 > http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name > http://www.myspace.com/edslute > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
