I just found this link in a recent post on The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross. Would you like to hear some classic trumpet screw-ups? Then check out this page. It is especially funny to hear an instrument with such a prominent role screw up. When bass players screw up it...
Yahoo! just published this interesting list about the top searches in various categories. They list the top 10 overall searches, news searches, celebrity searches, baby searches, politician searches, and many more. One of my favorite lists is the top blog/blogger...
Play!, the video game symphony, has a medley of Mario tunes hat is worth checking out. Arnie Roth directs this ensemble, and I have worked with Arnie many times in the past in various ensembles. He is based here in Chicago, Illinois, and he does work for the Mannheim...
Here’s a news story about my home state from the Onion:Overpopulation Concerns Force U.S. To Reopen South DakotaWASHINGTON, DC—Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced yesterday that, in order to deal with a growing population that just… (read...
Playing Handel’s Messiah this weekend reminded me of this great clip that was circulating last year. After some digging around online I found it. Things aren’t going well for this chorus and orchestra anyway in this performance of the Messiah, but they are...
