Archive for August, 2006
Hurricane Katrina Aid Debacle
Yazan: Jason | 31 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
A few days ago I wrote a post about the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. John C. Dvorak just brought this article to my attention (see his post here). He writes about a recent article on the inept way in which emergency relief money was handled after Hurricane Katrina: The donated cash met a different fate. [...]
Ravinia Festival Orchestra – Gotta Dance!
Yazan: Jason | 31 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
Last night the Ravinia Festival Orchestra played along with movie classics in Gotta Dance (At the Movies)! under the baton of Robert Moody. Maestro Moody has been the music director of the Pohenix Symphony for the past several seasons. He is an engaging and dynamic person to work with, and he made the production a [...]
A History of Blogging
Yazan: Jason | 31 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: blogging, technology
Anyone who is interested in how blogging evolved should check out a great summary available online from Rebecca Blood. I discovered this post from Darren Rowse of Problogger.net. Darren is a professional blogger and maintains a number of different blogs. His Problogger blog is a very interesting read–I check in daily. Here is a quote [...]
Great new bass book by Peter Tambroni
Yazan: Jason | 30 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
I have mentioned this before on my blog, but double bassist Peter Tambroni’s excellent new work An Introduction to Double Bass playing is now available. I highly recommend this book. It is a well-crafted and intelligently conceived resource for beginners, experienced players, teachers, and parents. Peter has been a clinician for many years at the [...]
Hurricane Katrina and the Louisiana Philharmonic
Yazan: Jason | 29 August 2006 | 1 Comment
Categories: orchestra news
Today (August 29) is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and it is valuable to take time and reflect on the state of New Orleans one year later. Visit the Hurricane Katrina Pictures blog for more information on the state of affairs one year later. The Louisiana Philharmonic, which was not in fantastic financial [...]
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