Chicago Symphony bassist Michael Hovnanian recently put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog providing an interesting window into the rotation and time off policies of the Chicago Symphony. I also noticed that Patty from oboeinsight discovered this post. You can read her...
Check out this video I found through gigglesugar from a Hank Williams Jr. concert. Four year old Hunter Hayes is seen here playing a tune he calls “Jambalaya” and singing. A few points to consider while watching…1. This little guy’s got the...
Here is a shot of the Elgin Symphony bass section from our recent concert cycle at the beginning of April. One or another of us is often subbing out of a cycle for other work, so it is rare that the six of us are actually assembled as a section.The players are (left...
I’ve always thought that MS Paint (the drawing program included with Windows since the beginning of time) was a fairly lame program. This video certainly changes my mind. It is a video capture of somebody creating an extremely detailed car on MS Paint, and it is...
Violinist Holly Mulcahy sent me a link to this short and cute video of Monster, a cat with a vocal cord condition which makes him sound like a miniature opera singer every time he yawns. Check it out here.
