subject:"\[Finale\] OT\: Who are you\?"

[Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-25 Thread Bob Florence

Hi All:
I recieve so many e mails from the address listed above. I have met 
quite a few of you. However, I would love to know a little background 
of each and all of you. Are you a musician? Are you active? Are you 
retired? Where are you from and where are you residing now? What kind 
of music do you specialize in? Are you an instrumentalist, 
composer/arranger/copiest, teacher, etc.? If not a musician, what is 
your occupation?

The answered questions are to satisfy my curiosity about who I am 
dealing with. I have seen all of your names many times. Now it is 
time for more information.

Thanks;
Bob Florence
born may 20, 1932 in Los Angeles. I am an active composer/arranger, 
pianist, band leader and sometimes cook. I reside in Thousand Oaks, 
Ca.
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[Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-27 Thread Ken Moore

I was born in 1934, in Dartmouth, Devon, England, and got into ensemble
music by playing horn and cornet in the local brass band from 1947 to
1952. I took a degree in engineering at Cambridge, England, in 1956, and
worked in various sorts of engineering, aerodynamics and computing until
1994, mostly for UK Government, but including three interesting years in
the Netherlands with the European Space Research Organisation (now
subsumed into ESA).  In 1994, I retired and went to my local university
(Reading, England) to study music.  From 1998 until 2003 I continued
studying composition at Reading, and am now preparing a Sinfonietta for
wind band that I wrote during this period for a trial play-through in
April.  Nowadays I play mostly horn, double bass and piano, none to
professional standard, but have occasionally been paid to conduct.  My
wife runs an orchestra for adults who are just starting instrumental
playing or wish to return to it after a lay-off; my elder daughter is a
singer-songwriter who accompanies herself on bass guitar; and my son
plays (also mostly bass guitar) in jazz bands and pit orchestras, but
earns more in software and business management. 

-- 
Ken Moore
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Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/
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[Finale] OT: Who are you?

2005-01-03 Thread Rodney Waterman

Here's my two bob's worth:
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, Dec 8th 1956 during the closing 
ceremony of the Melbourne Olympic Games, preventing my mother from 
attending. A shady lurker who has learnt a lot from the great contributors 
to this wonderful Finale list. Fell in love with Music when I slumped to 
the ground in tears and wonder (~1964) at hearing 'The First Nowell' sung 
in part harmony over the Flora Hill Primary School PA as I headed for home. 
Took up rock guitar when I was 13 and classical at 15. Discovered Bach and 
Mozart [fell apart when I first heard the slow movement of the violin & 
viola concerto] at 16 and started playing Dowland on the Lute at 17. 
Sung/played Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, Bach and Bruckner in Bendigo High School 
choir.

Studied guitar, lute and recorder at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 
the heady days of the international Early Music Revival. Loved Frans 
Bruggen's recordings and took up recorder as main instrument. Focused on 
Renaisssance, Baroque & Contemporary (Berio, Ishii etc.) repertoire but 
extended to improvised/jazz in 1990s. Had fortunate break when my local 
independent Brazilian/Jazz CD was signed up by Egberto Gismonti's Carmo 
label and released by ECM Records in 2000 - 
http://www.ecm-records.com/Background/Carmo/Bgr_C14.php

Have used Finale since 1998 (now FinWin2005a), mainly for eclectic school 
arrangements - I have taught in Primary and Secondary schools - and my own 
compositions. Recently I have become involved in sound recording and use a 
Yamaha AW4416 combined with my PC to produce my own recordings.

Oh, I am a great fan of the Beatles and play all the wonderful acoustic 
guitar standouts - Blackbird, Mother Nature's Son, Something, Here Come's 
the Sun etc. Recently I have discovered the beauty and complexity of Brian 
Wilson's music and attended the SMILE concert in Melbourne on Dec 8th 2004 
- I even bought a T-Shirt!!! [Didn't Leonard Bernstein feature a clip 
Wilson singing/playing his brilliant *Surfs Up* on Bernstein's US Music TV 
program in 1967?]. I'm all ears! Teach me something new!

Happy New Year [Belatedly] to all.
Rodney Waterman
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rodneywaterman/ 

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[Finale] OT: Who are you?

2005-01-03 Thread Ryan Beard

Born 7/20/76. I'm a composer, arranger, orchestrator,
(French) hornist, editor in San Diego. I work for a
local publisher.

Most of the tunes I write are for local high school
bands and orchestras. I frequently get to conduct my
pieces.

Did undergrad at the Cleveland Institute of Music and
grad school at Indiana University. After 6 years in
the cold I moved back to California in 2000.

I perform with the La Jolla Symphony
, Christian Community
Theater , and San Diego Junior
Theatre < http://www.juniortheatre.com/>. I've been on
the sub list for the San Diego Symphony for nearly
three years now.

When I'm not doing something musical, I'm usually
watching a re-run of Law & Order, NYPD Blue, or
whatever is on the Food Channel or Comedy Central. 

Ryan



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[Finale] OT: Who Are You?

2005-01-04 Thread Gerry Kirk

These 50 small bio’s have be such a pleasure to read! Here is mine:

An amateur composer, arranger, and Finale user, I have resided in San Diego the past 58 years. I studied trumpet with Don Phillips at the old Thearle’s building. My high school band director, Bill Padelford, was my music mentor, and after graduating with a BA in music from SDSU, I replaced him as he eventually became the Superintendent of a HS District.

Ozzie Wissel helped me join ASCAP and publish 3 marches when my band performed for the first of 4 times at the Tournament of Roses Parade. I taught instrumental music for 15 years (marching & concert bands, jazz band, orchestra, theory, and even bagpipe band), before Proposition 13 was used as an excuse to remove music from the school day in my district. I also enjoyed adjudicating parade, field show, concert, solo & ensemble festivals, and guest conducting throughout Southern California (Wildwood Music Camp, San Diego Elementary Honor Band, etc.)

I left music for the private sector for 3 years, then returned to HS, teaching English and AVID for the past 20 years. And I just accepted early retirement.

For the past 14 years I have conducted (up to) a dozen trombonists in an ensemble named Boneafied Brass, who enjoy performing mostly for charity gigs throughout San Diego.

I have used FINALE sporadically since 2.0 on various MAC’s (currently a G4). I wrote my first symphony on 3.2. And for retirement, my wife got me a new Kurzweil 2661 and M BOX, whose possibilities I look forward to learning (help!). I am arranging some Baroque music that my very talented cousin in Montreal, Dr. Douglas Kirk, sends me for trombone choirs. And a friend in the Washington, DC area has been sending me some great jazz charts to re-score for a very talented big band leader, George Hipp.

I must second what I sense from many other posts: my greatest joy after my marriage, family and cat is the camaraderie and friendships with which my fellow-music makers bless me.

Gerry Kirk
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