Archive for December, 2006
Irritating situation for orchestra librarian
Yazan: Jason | 31 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Holly Mulcahy recently sent me a link to this story about an orchestra librarian’s last day (warning – language). It is a great example of the frustrations that can be caused by Prima Donna conductors. This individual had to deal with an impossible assistant conductor, and this story chronicles their horrible last day on the [...]
Amazing violin video from Willie Hall
Yazan: Jason | 31 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, videos
Tim Pearson sent me another Wilbur Hall video which is completely amazing. I’d like to have been a fly on the wall for this guy’s practice sessions:
Find podcasts on Digg
Yazan: Jason | 31 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: podcasting, technology
Digg (one of my favorite websites) now has a feature to find, listen, and vote for podcasts. If you haven’t used Digg before, check out their site. It is one of the best places to find news stories. Users of Digg submit and vote on stories, which results in the most interesting stories of the [...]
New funny audition story from E.C.D.
Yazan: Jason | 30 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, orchestra news
There is a great new story I just read about an unnamed ROPA orchestra and a funny thing that happened during an audition. I am definitely a fan of funny audition stories. Check it out on E.C.D.’s Dragons and Princesses blog here.
More than just reading music
Yazan: Jason | 30 December 2006 | 5 Comments
Categories: humor
This note was on the stands of the entire orchestra at a gig I played last night. It was for a piece that we hadn’t rehearsed but would be playing as an encore that night. This was the flowchart describing which repeats to take and which parts came in what order. The entire orchestra nailed [...]
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