Thought for the Day

Filed in Composition, History, Humor, Inspiration, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Thought for the Day on March 27, 2007 at 11:49 pm

Charles Ives – As a composer who stubbornly struck out on his own way, who used ideas at the turn of the 20th century that we didn’t accept until the ’60’s, he was a man WAY ahead of his time! Here are some things this fiery idealist had to say:
“If a man finds that the [...]

Excellent Online Source – Quinn Violins

Filed in Performance, Reviews, Violin on March 14, 2007 at 11:47 pm

I have the great pleasure of being invited to play with Collegium Musicum, an Early Music ensemble at CGU in April (more details on the performance to follow shortly…). Well, to do so, I needed to purchase a set of gut strings for my Tommy – it would not suit the performance for my brilliant [...]

The Destruction of Valuable Resources

Filed in General on March 9, 2007 at 1:19 am

Update 3/14/07: Hooray! The truth comes out, thanks to librarian Danette Cook Adamson…
Some of her responses to our concerns are posted here…
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Boy, was I livid when I heard about this…
Seeing as Cal Poly, Pomona is my undergrad Alma Mater, herein lies my heated response to this article…