Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Glossary of Musical Terms
Accent: An unusual manner of pronunciation, e.g. "Y'all sang that real good!"
Accidentals: Wrong notes
Ad Libitum: A premiere.
Agitato: A string player's state of mind when a peg slips in the middle of a piece.
Agnus dei: A famous female church composer.
Allegro: Leg fertilizer.
Altered Chord: A sonority that has been spayed.
Atonality: Disease that many modern composers suffer from. The most prominent symptom is the patient's lacking ability to make decisions.
Augmented fifth: A 36-ounce bottle.
Bar Line: A gathering of people, usually among which may be found a musician or two.
Beat: What music students to do each other with their musical instruments. The down beat is performed on the top of the head, while the up beat is struck under the chin.
Bravo: Literally, "How bold!" or "What nerve!" This is a spontaneous expression of appreciation on the part of the concertgoer after a particularly trying performance.
Breve: The way a sustained note sounds when a violinist runs out of bow.
Broken consort: When somebody in the ensemble has to leave and go to the restroom.
Cadence: When everybody hopes you're going to stop, but you don't.
Cadenza: The heroine in Monteverdi's opera "Frottola".
Cantus firmus: The part you get when you can only play four notes.
Chansons de geste: Dirty songs.
Chord: Usually spelled with an "s" on the end, means a particular type of pants, e.g. "He wears chords."
Chromatic Scale: An instrument for weighing that indicates half-pounds.
Clausula: Mrs. Santa.
Coloratura Soprano: A singer who has great trouble finding the proper note, but who has a wild time hunting for it.
Compound Meter: A place to park your car that requires two dimes.
Con Brio: Done with scouring pads and washboards.
Conductor: A musician who is adept at following many people at the same time.
Conductus: The process of getting Vire into the cloister.
Counterpoint: A favorite device of many Baroque composers, all of whom are dead, though no direct connection between these two facts has been established. Still taught in many schools, as a form of punishment.
Countertenor: A singing waiter.
Crescendo: A reminder to the performer that he has been playing too loudly.
Crotchet: 1) A tritone with a bent prong. 2) It's like knitting, but it's faster. 3) An unpleasant illness that occurs after the Lai, if prolation is not used.
Cut time: When you're going twice as fast as everybody else in the ensemble.
Da capo al fine: I like your hat!
Detache: An indication that the trombones are to play with the slides removed.
Di lasso: Popular with Italian cowboys.
Discord: Not to be confused with Datcord.
Drone: The sound of a single monk during an attack of Crotchet.
Ductia: 1) A lot of mallards. 2) Vire's organum.
Duration: Can be used to describe how long a music teacher can exercise self-control.
Embouchre: The way you look when you've been playing the Krummhorn.
English horn: A woodwind that got its name because it's neither English nor a horn. Not to be confused with French horn, which is German.
Espressivo: Close eyes and play with a wide vibrato.
Estampie: What they put on letters in Quebec
Fermata: A brand of girdle made especially for opera singers.
Fermented fifth: What the percussion players keep behind the tympani, which resolves to a 'distilled fifth', which is what the conductor uses backstage.
Fine: That was great!
Flute: A sophisticated pea shooter with a range of up to 500 yards, blown transversely to confuse the enemy.
Garglefinklein: A tiny recorder played by neums.
Glissando: The musical equivalent of slipping on a banana peel. Also, a technique adopted by string players for difficult runs.
Gregorian chant: A way of singing in unison, invented by monks to hide snoring.
Half Step: The pace used by a cellist when carrying his instrument.
Harmonic Minor: A good music student.
Harmony: A corn-like food eaten by people with accents (see above for definition of accent).
Hemiola: A hereditary blood disease caused by chromatics.
Heroic Tenor: A singer who gets by on sheer nerve and tight clothing.
Hocket: The thing that fits into a crochet to produce a rackett.
Hurdy-gurdy: A truss for medieval percussionists who get Organistrum.
Interval: How long it takes you to find the right note. There are three kinds: Major Interval: a long time; Minor Interval: a few bars; Inverted Interval: when you have to back one bar and try again.
Intonation: Singing through one's nose. Considered highly desirable in the Middle Ages
Isorhythm: The individual process of relief when Vire is out of town.
Isorhythmic motet: When half of the ensemble got a different photocopy than the other half
Lai: What monks give up when they take their vows.
Lamentoso: With handkerchiefs.
Lasso: The 6th and 5th steps of a descending scale.
Lauda: The difference between shawms and krummhorns
Longa: The time between visits with Vire.
Major Triad: The name of the head of the Music Department. (Minor Triad: the name of the wife of the head of the Music Department.)
Mean-Tone Temperament: One's state of mind when everybody's trying to tune at the same time.
Messiah: An oratorio by Handel performed every Christmas by choirs that believe they are good enough, in cooperation with musicians who need the money.
etronome: A dwarf who lives in the city.
Minim: The time you spend with Vire when there is a long line.
Breve: The time you spend when the line is short.
Minnesinger: A boy soprano or Mickey's girlfriend in the opera.
Modulation: "Nothing is bad in modulation."
Motet: Where you meet Vire if the cloister is guraded.
Musica ficta: When you lose your place and have to bluff till you find it again. Also known as 'faking'.
Neums: Renaissance midgets
Opus: A penguin in Kansas.
Orchestral suites: Naughty women who follow touring orchestras.
Ordo: The hero in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
Organistrum: A job-related hazard for careless medieval percussionists, caused by getting one's tapper caught in the clapper.
Organum: You may not participate in the Lai without one.
Paralell organum: Everybody standing in a double line, waiting for Vire.
Pause: A short period in an individual voice in which there should be relative quiet. Useful when turning to the next page in the score, breathing, emptying the horn of salvia, coughing, etc. Is rarely heard in baroque music. Today, the minimum requirements for pauses in individual pieces are those of the Musicians' Union (usually one per bar, or 15 minutes per hour).
Pneumatic melisma: A bronchial disorder caused by hockets.
Prolation: Precautions taken before the Lai.
Quaver: Beginning viol class.
Rackett: Capped reeds class.
Recitative: A disease that Monteverdi had.
Rhythmic drone: The sound of many monks suffering with Crotchet.
Ritornello: An opera by Verdi.
Rota: An early Italian method of teaching music without score or parts.
Rubato: Expression used to describe irregular behaviour in a performer with sensations of angst in the mating period. Especially common amongst tenors.
Sancta: Clausula's husband.
Score: A pile of all the individual orchestral voices, transposed to C so that nobody else can understand anything. This is what conductors follow when they conduct, and it's assumed that they have studied it carefully. Very few conductors can read a score.
Sine proprietate: Cussing in church.
Solesme: The state of mind after a rough case of Crotchet.
Stops: Something Bach did not have on his organ.
Supertonic: Schweppes.
Tempo: This is where a headache begins.
Tempus imperfectum: Vire had to leave early.
Tempus perfectum: A good time was had by all.
Tone Cluster: A chordal orgy first discovered by a well-endowed woman pianist leaning forward for a page turn.
Transposition: An advanced recorder technique where you change from alto to soprano fingering (or vice-versa) in the middle of a piece.
Trill: The musical equivalent of an epileptic seizure.
Trope: A malevolent Neum.
Trotto: An early Italian form of Montezuma's Revenge.
Tutti: A lot of sackbuts.
Vibrato: The singer's equivalent of an epileptic seizure.
Vibrato: Used by singers to hide the fact that they are on the wrong pitch.
Virelai: A local woman known for her expertise in the Lai.
Virtuoso: A musician with very high morals.
Accidentals: Wrong notes
Ad Libitum: A premiere.
Agitato: A string player's state of mind when a peg slips in the middle of a piece.
Agnus dei: A famous female church composer.
Allegro: Leg fertilizer.
Altered Chord: A sonority that has been spayed.
Atonality: Disease that many modern composers suffer from. The most prominent symptom is the patient's lacking ability to make decisions.
Augmented fifth: A 36-ounce bottle.
Bar Line: A gathering of people, usually among which may be found a musician or two.
Beat: What music students to do each other with their musical instruments. The down beat is performed on the top of the head, while the up beat is struck under the chin.
Bravo: Literally, "How bold!" or "What nerve!" This is a spontaneous expression of appreciation on the part of the concertgoer after a particularly trying performance.
Breve: The way a sustained note sounds when a violinist runs out of bow.
Broken consort: When somebody in the ensemble has to leave and go to the restroom.
Cadence: When everybody hopes you're going to stop, but you don't.
Cadenza: The heroine in Monteverdi's opera "Frottola".
Cantus firmus: The part you get when you can only play four notes.
Chansons de geste: Dirty songs.
Chord: Usually spelled with an "s" on the end, means a particular type of pants, e.g. "He wears chords."
Chromatic Scale: An instrument for weighing that indicates half-pounds.
Clausula: Mrs. Santa.
Coloratura Soprano: A singer who has great trouble finding the proper note, but who has a wild time hunting for it.
Compound Meter: A place to park your car that requires two dimes.
Con Brio: Done with scouring pads and washboards.
Conductor: A musician who is adept at following many people at the same time.
Conductus: The process of getting Vire into the cloister.
Counterpoint: A favorite device of many Baroque composers, all of whom are dead, though no direct connection between these two facts has been established. Still taught in many schools, as a form of punishment.
Countertenor: A singing waiter.
Crescendo: A reminder to the performer that he has been playing too loudly.
Crotchet: 1) A tritone with a bent prong. 2) It's like knitting, but it's faster. 3) An unpleasant illness that occurs after the Lai, if prolation is not used.
Cut time: When you're going twice as fast as everybody else in the ensemble.
Da capo al fine: I like your hat!
Detache: An indication that the trombones are to play with the slides removed.
Di lasso: Popular with Italian cowboys.
Discord: Not to be confused with Datcord.
Drone: The sound of a single monk during an attack of Crotchet.
Ductia: 1) A lot of mallards. 2) Vire's organum.
Duration: Can be used to describe how long a music teacher can exercise self-control.
Embouchre: The way you look when you've been playing the Krummhorn.
English horn: A woodwind that got its name because it's neither English nor a horn. Not to be confused with French horn, which is German.
Espressivo: Close eyes and play with a wide vibrato.
Estampie: What they put on letters in Quebec
Fermata: A brand of girdle made especially for opera singers.
Fermented fifth: What the percussion players keep behind the tympani, which resolves to a 'distilled fifth', which is what the conductor uses backstage.
Fine: That was great!
Flute: A sophisticated pea shooter with a range of up to 500 yards, blown transversely to confuse the enemy.
Garglefinklein: A tiny recorder played by neums.
Glissando: The musical equivalent of slipping on a banana peel. Also, a technique adopted by string players for difficult runs.
Gregorian chant: A way of singing in unison, invented by monks to hide snoring.
Half Step: The pace used by a cellist when carrying his instrument.
Harmonic Minor: A good music student.
Harmony: A corn-like food eaten by people with accents (see above for definition of accent).
Hemiola: A hereditary blood disease caused by chromatics.
Heroic Tenor: A singer who gets by on sheer nerve and tight clothing.
Hocket: The thing that fits into a crochet to produce a rackett.
Hurdy-gurdy: A truss for medieval percussionists who get Organistrum.
Interval: How long it takes you to find the right note. There are three kinds: Major Interval: a long time; Minor Interval: a few bars; Inverted Interval: when you have to back one bar and try again.
Intonation: Singing through one's nose. Considered highly desirable in the Middle Ages
Isorhythm: The individual process of relief when Vire is out of town.
Isorhythmic motet: When half of the ensemble got a different photocopy than the other half
Lai: What monks give up when they take their vows.
Lamentoso: With handkerchiefs.
Lasso: The 6th and 5th steps of a descending scale.
Lauda: The difference between shawms and krummhorns
Longa: The time between visits with Vire.
Major Triad: The name of the head of the Music Department. (Minor Triad: the name of the wife of the head of the Music Department.)
Mean-Tone Temperament: One's state of mind when everybody's trying to tune at the same time.
Messiah: An oratorio by Handel performed every Christmas by choirs that believe they are good enough, in cooperation with musicians who need the money.
etronome: A dwarf who lives in the city.
Minim: The time you spend with Vire when there is a long line.
Breve: The time you spend when the line is short.
Minnesinger: A boy soprano or Mickey's girlfriend in the opera.
Modulation: "Nothing is bad in modulation."
Motet: Where you meet Vire if the cloister is guraded.
Musica ficta: When you lose your place and have to bluff till you find it again. Also known as 'faking'.
Neums: Renaissance midgets
Opus: A penguin in Kansas.
Orchestral suites: Naughty women who follow touring orchestras.
Ordo: The hero in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
Organistrum: A job-related hazard for careless medieval percussionists, caused by getting one's tapper caught in the clapper.
Organum: You may not participate in the Lai without one.
Paralell organum: Everybody standing in a double line, waiting for Vire.
Pause: A short period in an individual voice in which there should be relative quiet. Useful when turning to the next page in the score, breathing, emptying the horn of salvia, coughing, etc. Is rarely heard in baroque music. Today, the minimum requirements for pauses in individual pieces are those of the Musicians' Union (usually one per bar, or 15 minutes per hour).
Pneumatic melisma: A bronchial disorder caused by hockets.
Prolation: Precautions taken before the Lai.
Quaver: Beginning viol class.
Rackett: Capped reeds class.
Recitative: A disease that Monteverdi had.
Rhythmic drone: The sound of many monks suffering with Crotchet.
Ritornello: An opera by Verdi.
Rota: An early Italian method of teaching music without score or parts.
Rubato: Expression used to describe irregular behaviour in a performer with sensations of angst in the mating period. Especially common amongst tenors.
Sancta: Clausula's husband.
Score: A pile of all the individual orchestral voices, transposed to C so that nobody else can understand anything. This is what conductors follow when they conduct, and it's assumed that they have studied it carefully. Very few conductors can read a score.
Sine proprietate: Cussing in church.
Solesme: The state of mind after a rough case of Crotchet.
Stops: Something Bach did not have on his organ.
Supertonic: Schweppes.
Tempo: This is where a headache begins.
Tempus imperfectum: Vire had to leave early.
Tempus perfectum: A good time was had by all.
Tone Cluster: A chordal orgy first discovered by a well-endowed woman pianist leaning forward for a page turn.
Transposition: An advanced recorder technique where you change from alto to soprano fingering (or vice-versa) in the middle of a piece.
Trill: The musical equivalent of an epileptic seizure.
Trope: A malevolent Neum.
Trotto: An early Italian form of Montezuma's Revenge.
Tutti: A lot of sackbuts.
Vibrato: The singer's equivalent of an epileptic seizure.
Vibrato: Used by singers to hide the fact that they are on the wrong pitch.
Virelai: A local woman known for her expertise in the Lai.
Virtuoso: A musician with very high morals.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thursday blues
I despise Thursdays that feel like Fridays.
It's been a long week.
Monday: School, Elementary Band, High School Jazz Band, Moonlighters (home at 10)
Tuesday: School, Afterschool Lessons, Middle School Jazz Band (home at 7)
Wednesday: School, Afterschool extra help, Union Meeting, NVCB, JPs (home at 11)
Thursday: School, Staff Meeting, home for dinner, back to school for 5th grade orientation (home at 8:30)
and tomorrow there's a concert with the NVCB
LOOONG week
Saturday is more house hunting
LOOONG week
and I better do some laundry on Sunday, or I'm showing up to work on Monday naked.
It's been a long week.
Monday: School, Elementary Band, High School Jazz Band, Moonlighters (home at 10)
Tuesday: School, Afterschool Lessons, Middle School Jazz Band (home at 7)
Wednesday: School, Afterschool extra help, Union Meeting, NVCB, JPs (home at 11)
Thursday: School, Staff Meeting, home for dinner, back to school for 5th grade orientation (home at 8:30)
and tomorrow there's a concert with the NVCB
LOOONG week
Saturday is more house hunting
LOOONG week
and I better do some laundry on Sunday, or I'm showing up to work on Monday naked.
Monday, March 03, 2008
callus, schmallus
I played some guitar (for the first time in a long time) this evening.
My fingers HURT!
It hurts to type anything on the left side.
i i h o yp nyhin ihou h l hn
(it is hard to type anything without the left hand)
owie
My fingers HURT!
It hurts to type anything on the left side.
i i h o yp nyhin ihou h l hn
(it is hard to type anything without the left hand)
owie
Saturday, September 22, 2007
The pressures of a wedding
Being a musical couple tying the knot has a lot of pressure. Everyone will be looking at our musical choices. Will they pick something obscure? Will it be traditional? It has to be good...right?
ugh...
There are a lot of choices out there people!!
This is difficult!
ugh...
There are a lot of choices out there people!!
This is difficult!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Stupid music joke
It may be dumb....but I laughed...what does that say about me???
A gnome auditioned to conduct an orchestra.
"We're sorry, but you just don't have what it takes to be a conductor," the head judge said.
Undeterred, the gnome bought some clothes and cool shoes, and got a new haircut. He even bought a swak loft in the hottest neighborhood in the city.
He auditioned again and was hired don the spot.
Why?
Because now he's a metro gnome.
Ugh.
A gnome auditioned to conduct an orchestra.
"We're sorry, but you just don't have what it takes to be a conductor," the head judge said.
Undeterred, the gnome bought some clothes and cool shoes, and got a new haircut. He even bought a swak loft in the hottest neighborhood in the city.
He auditioned again and was hired don the spot.
Why?
Because now he's a metro gnome.
Ugh.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
I'm totally going to do this!
Check it out!
I'm psyched, this sounds like fun. I can play treble clef euphonium!
Woohoo for possibly being a part of the Guinness Records!!
I'm psyched, this sounds like fun. I can play treble clef euphonium!
Woohoo for possibly being a part of the Guinness Records!!
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Funny cover
I laughed so hard when watching this! Alanis can make anything sound dismal and depressing.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
stupid New England weather
no jazz band
no Nashoba Valley Concert Band (aka Harvard Town Band)
no O'Hanlon's.......
sadness....
no Nashoba Valley Concert Band (aka Harvard Town Band)
no O'Hanlon's.......
sadness....
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
oh the joy...
Being the first "weeknight" of February vacation....I am basking in the joy of not having to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn tomorrow morning!
Tonight was a rehearsal of the YDDB...of which there hasn't been in many months...
I haven't looked at this music in a while...and I am ashamed to say I was underpracticed...but I still had a lot of fun. Both Steve and myself had arranged some songs for the group to play which we took a look at tonight. I think both went well. He arranged "Just A Closer Walk with Thee", and I arranged "Clarinet Marmalade" (talk about opposite ends of the musical spectrum).
The boy came along and listened (I think he was bored to tears for most of the rehearsal...I told him to bring along his trumpet). However, we both had a lot of fun at the end of rehearsal. John's homemade brew was DELICIOUS!!! We imbibed in many a glass...nut brown ale and New Castle....mmmmm.....(Peter would be proud)
I have learned that it was not just in my imagination....there is a certain member of the group who seems to look at me more often than not. I didn't mention anything before or after rehearsal to the boy, and as a matter of fact, he actually mentioned it to me first. In a way I am glad to know it's not just in my head, but I am also skeeved out to find out that it's not just in my head at the same time... (the guy is old enough to be my father...and then some...)
eeeew
Yesterday was Yangtze River buffet night...mmmmmmmmmm......
Today was lunch/dinner (linner? lupper?) with the boy's family, whom we met up with in Braintree for a lovely meal at JJ something-or-others. I had a personal pizza (2 slices left for tomorrow, woohoo!), with peppers and pineapple (they ran out of ham....who runs out of ham???). I also had some Blue Moon....yummy!!!
Anyhow...I am looking forward to the week's vacation, and I assure you that I will have more entries in the blog too keep you apprised of all the details.
Tonight was a rehearsal of the YDDB...of which there hasn't been in many months...
I haven't looked at this music in a while...and I am ashamed to say I was underpracticed...but I still had a lot of fun. Both Steve and myself had arranged some songs for the group to play which we took a look at tonight. I think both went well. He arranged "Just A Closer Walk with Thee", and I arranged "Clarinet Marmalade" (talk about opposite ends of the musical spectrum).
The boy came along and listened (I think he was bored to tears for most of the rehearsal...I told him to bring along his trumpet). However, we both had a lot of fun at the end of rehearsal. John's homemade brew was DELICIOUS!!! We imbibed in many a glass...nut brown ale and New Castle....mmmmm.....(Peter would be proud)
I have learned that it was not just in my imagination....there is a certain member of the group who seems to look at me more often than not. I didn't mention anything before or after rehearsal to the boy, and as a matter of fact, he actually mentioned it to me first. In a way I am glad to know it's not just in my head, but I am also skeeved out to find out that it's not just in my head at the same time... (the guy is old enough to be my father...and then some...)
eeeew
Yesterday was Yangtze River buffet night...mmmmmmmmmm......
Today was lunch/dinner (linner? lupper?) with the boy's family, whom we met up with in Braintree for a lovely meal at JJ something-or-others. I had a personal pizza (2 slices left for tomorrow, woohoo!), with peppers and pineapple (they ran out of ham....who runs out of ham???). I also had some Blue Moon....yummy!!!
Anyhow...I am looking forward to the week's vacation, and I assure you that I will have more entries in the blog too keep you apprised of all the details.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Sunday, December 17, 2006
ugh
I apologize for the lack of blog posts....however.....I have entered computer HELL!!!
After reinstalling Windows, it seems that my computer STILL does not want to cooperate.
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH
over and over and over again
I have not had a chance to call Dell again, but this is getting ridiculous....
However, in other news....
I have had a BUSY week...but a good one.
The concert on Tuesday went well (other than the noisiness in the audience, which was VERY noisy) The jazz band kicked butt!!!
Several students signed up to play Christmas Carols at the mall, which I think went VERY VERY well. I have received a LOT of positive feedback on that gig!
Friday was the Christmas party, which of course was VERY fun :-)
I have had a cold for the past week and a half, I lost my voice for most of Thursday and Friday (which makes teaching very difficult). I'm still not feeling completely better....we'll see what the week brings......
We spent today at the boy's parents' house, celebrating mom's birthday, and decorating the tree. We had a lot of fun (and I hope she enjoys the many bottles of wine she received from all the family members)
Here's to a FOUR day week!!!! (let's hope I can make it through!)
After reinstalling Windows, it seems that my computer STILL does not want to cooperate.
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH
over and over and over again
I have not had a chance to call Dell again, but this is getting ridiculous....
However, in other news....
I have had a BUSY week...but a good one.
The concert on Tuesday went well (other than the noisiness in the audience, which was VERY noisy) The jazz band kicked butt!!!
Several students signed up to play Christmas Carols at the mall, which I think went VERY VERY well. I have received a LOT of positive feedback on that gig!
Friday was the Christmas party, which of course was VERY fun :-)
I have had a cold for the past week and a half, I lost my voice for most of Thursday and Friday (which makes teaching very difficult). I'm still not feeling completely better....we'll see what the week brings......
We spent today at the boy's parents' house, celebrating mom's birthday, and decorating the tree. We had a lot of fun (and I hope she enjoys the many bottles of wine she received from all the family members)
Here's to a FOUR day week!!!! (let's hope I can make it through!)
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
what a busy week
I have got something going on every night this week!
Mon: Music Boosters meeting
Tues: Parent/Teacher conferences
Wed: Jazz Band, HTB
Thurs: 1/2 day with students, 1/2 day of Parent/Teacher Conferences, Calling Hours for Ron's Funeral
Fri: Ron's Funeral
ugh
Mon: Music Boosters meeting
Tues: Parent/Teacher conferences
Wed: Jazz Band, HTB
Thurs: 1/2 day with students, 1/2 day of Parent/Teacher Conferences, Calling Hours for Ron's Funeral
Fri: Ron's Funeral
ugh
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
another Wednesday...
Wednesdays are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long......yet, somehow....not bad. :-)
Today was good. First day of jazz band...we're going to have to do some recruiting for certain instruments...but that's ok...we'll hunt 'em down...
Harvard Town Band...always fun...Mike even came to rehearsal tonight!!! I had fun. I think he did too. (even if his lips were KILLING him by the end) :-)
Here's to only two more days left for the week...
WOOOHOOO
Today was good. First day of jazz band...we're going to have to do some recruiting for certain instruments...but that's ok...we'll hunt 'em down...
Harvard Town Band...always fun...Mike even came to rehearsal tonight!!! I had fun. I think he did too. (even if his lips were KILLING him by the end) :-)
Here's to only two more days left for the week...
WOOOHOOO
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Looking forward to a great year!!
I had ELEVEN students stay afterschool with me today!!
Do you have ANY idea how difficult it is to teach a clarinet and sax that have only been playing for 2 days, a clarinetist turned percussionist since yesterday, two 2nd year oboes, a 2nd year clarinetist learning alto clarinet, a 2nd year bass clarinetist, two 2nd year flutes working on high notes, and two 2nd year flutists working on more advanced music all at the same time?????????
Very difficult....if not damn near ludicrous.....
Do you have ANY idea how difficult it is to teach a clarinet and sax that have only been playing for 2 days, a clarinetist turned percussionist since yesterday, two 2nd year oboes, a 2nd year clarinetist learning alto clarinet, a 2nd year bass clarinetist, two 2nd year flutes working on high notes, and two 2nd year flutists working on more advanced music all at the same time?????????
Very difficult....if not damn near ludicrous.....
Thursday, September 07, 2006
yawn...
I had a great time last night with the HTB, but BOY was I tired this morning!!! I had a great day today, but it felt veeeeery long....
As soon as I can get "Turkey in the Straw" out of my head, maybe I'll take a nap. (annoying band songs!!!!)
As soon as I can get "Turkey in the Straw" out of my head, maybe I'll take a nap. (annoying band songs!!!!)
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
RIP
``Someone just said, `Gabriel, move over to second trumpet,' '' Steve Schankman (friend and manager) said from his St. Louis office. ``He was the last of the greats. That era is closed. There is no Kenton, no Basie, no Ellington, and now, no Ferguson.''
Maynard Ferguson
May 4, 1928 - August 23, 2006
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Picture of Me
This is actually not that bad of a photo...This is from the Westford Chorus' production of Carmen last spring.
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