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The Powers That Be Have Been Informed - Our Young People Continue to Wait for a 21st C. Education Worthy of Their Attention
Great post from one of the pioneers in educational podcasting.
(tags: mark gura education podcast teachers)

Part II: Music Major/Career Thoughts - What I decided I didn’t want to do…
Musician and blogger Kayla ruminates [...]

Here’s a dynamite arrangement of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” from a performance at Indiana University about ten years ago featuring the original members of the a capella ensemble Straight No Chaser. It’s a great little video to get folks out there in a holiday spirit! I’m getting more than enough ‘holiday [...]

The following story isn’t exactly the kind of press coverage that most arts organizations are hoping for. The New York Times published an article by Dan Wakin and James Oesterich about long-simmering discord within the Seattle Symphony. Titled ‘In Seattle, a Fugue for Orchestra and Rancor‘, the article states:
And to judge from alarmist [...]

Really, who doesn’t love the Sabre Dance? The dynamic and entertaining bass quartet Bassiona Amorosa really ham it up in this performance. Great fun and great material for a live concert!

I’m in the process of writing an extended article about WordPress the blog management system that I started using predominantly.  It makes blogging much easier and is helping to keep me from being chained to the computer, allowing me to do what I really like: write!
There are three cool things that WordPress does to make [...]

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A Snowy Night at the Kiev Opera House, originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs.
A note from the photographer:
I made it to Kiev and it is perhaps the slipperiest [...]

Hanging with the cats and doing some website work. #
Wrapping up a little evening blogging and playing some late night Wii. #
Reading some of my news feeds and looking forward to a relaxing day–a little teaching, a little blogging, etc. #
Heading out for a run. #
Posted ‘Guy Tuneh performs Mendelssohn Sextet mvt 2′ to blip.tv: [...]

Merry Christmas - Honolulu update
Patty from oboeinsight blogs about the Honolulu Symphony missing their payroll. The musicians there seem to be taking it all in stride, however.
(tags: honolulu symphony oboeinsight oboe classical music blog)

Atonality’s Anniversary
From Musical Perceptions: “Alex Ross has declared today Atonality Day. I didn’t do anything special to celebrate, beyond listening [...]

We’ve put out some new tracks from bassists looking for some constructive criticism.  If you’ve got a moment, check out the Virtual Master Class index and leave a comment or two on some of the tracks there.  The bassists submitting the tracks would appreciate it, and you certainly don’t need to be a bass player [...]

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The outstanding double bassist Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) performs thesecond movement Sextet in D Major with Villa Musica. Listen to Guy Tuneh in interview to his Contrabass Conversations page, and check out more videos from him here.