Student Recital Success!
Filed in Performance, Student Reminders on November 28, 2004 at 12:45 pmLast evening at Quaker Gardens, my students and I performed for the elderly community. The recital was a big hit! Everyone there offered their compliments about how talented and prepared each one of my students were. The music selections were charming, featuring solos from Bach to traditional fiddle tunes, and the venue (and its audience) [...]
In the Lower Right Margin…
Filed in General on November 22, 2004 at 3:21 pmPlease take a moment to glimpse the lower right-hand margin of this site, and you will find a colorful list of ad-like banners. The companies listed here are affiliates, and, if you click on one of the logos, you will be taken to that company’s site, where, when you make a purchase, a percentage of [...]
Upcoming Concerts at Cal Poly
Filed in Performance on November 17, 2004 at 10:13 pmCome join me for these fun, end-of-the-qurater concerts at Cal Poly, Pomona!
- Nov. 18, 8pm: The MIDI Band (a majorly hip and happenin’ group!) will be performing a set of eclectic arrangements, utilizing MIDI technology and electric instruments. I will be among the musicians featured, playing on my electric violin. Included in our set will [...]
Re-mixing the Mix
Filed in Composition on November 15, 2004 at 12:39 pmWell, I have recently encountered my first experience with GarageBand, a software application chock-full of various and loop-able tracks, which can be layered and mixed to create a tune. I admit I was more than skeptical about the prospect of “composing” with the aid of such software. However, the minute I started playing around with [...]
The Composer’s Cranium
Filed in Strange Findings on November 10, 2004 at 2:05 pmThe composer of interest here is none other than the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria has in its possession what is thought to be the skull of W.A. Mozart. The artifact has been kept from public view for over 100 years, due to the uncertainty of its origins. However, [...]
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