The church orchestra than I am in is getting ready to play "Part Three:
Rejoice! The Lord is in You", by Camp Kirkland. At measure 143, the rhythm,
melody, and accompaniment breaks out into a new theme that sounds so much like
the introductory theme to the Village People's "YMCA". After a few
For real fun, try looking at an LED alarm clock while playing different pedal
tones. On some notes the numbers pulse, and on other notes you can see the
order that the machine draws the lines that it uses to make numbers.
Electricity in the US operates at 60 hertz (cycles per second), and at
Try it while rehearsing with an entire ensemble in an non-airconditioned
basement with a low ceiling and several ceiling fans going. The resulting
warbling from everyone will drive you bananas. It got a little better when we
turned off the one directly over us (the sound, not the heat).
Kathy
For those of you in the NYC area:
Sunday June 14th
Richmond County Orchestra & New York Philharmonic in concert on Flag Day
2009 "A tribute to our Veterans"
Featuring Phillip Meyers principal horn New York Philharmonic and Maestro
Alan Aurelia performing the R. Strauss Concerto #1 also music by
Ralph Hall wrote:
"As a side issue, playing whilst watching TV makes the picture appear
to 'frizz' and vibrate."
Actually, Ralph, if I'm not mistaken, that is the result of your
eyeballs shaking around in their sockets. I'm not kidding. It
doesn't have anything to do with the soundwaves
The eb slide for a Holton 177 could be manufactured by a competent
repairman. It is unnecessary anyway. If you can't transpose the most basic
of keys then you can't play opera at all. An E crook might be a better idea
if you needed such a crutch-don't forget that you'd have to change the B
slide
Hello all:
Please pardon the crass self-promotion but I wanted to throw my blog
address into the ring for IHS '09. I'm going to give it a shot and I
hope you will be able to see the events as I do. I'm not playing horn
this year so I should be able to wonder all over. A roving reporter if
This comes from JC Ludlow:
Sorry to be posting this request last-minute, but...
I'm going to Macomb, and I had planned to drive out. I live in northern New
Jersey and I realize that's one heck of a haul, but I never thought that it
would be so difficult to find some one to go
with me. I've w
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