It has been an interesting couple of weeks on the orchestral front, and not necessarily for good reasons. One thing is for sure – if there are any knee replacement specialists in the Denver area they are about to make a killing.
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I Got Grand Rapids!
Every professional musician has had “that” happen to them. You somehow find yourself in a random conversation with a stranger and the subject of profession comes up. You sheepishly let slip that you are a musician……… a professional musician………….. a professional classical musician……. and you get “The Look.”
Perpetual (E)Motion
I took my eldest to a batting clinic recently. He’s an aspiring Little Leaguer with a live arm and a fantastic sense of the game. The coach was trying to get him to make this particular adjustment, which for some strange reason he was having trouble with, and I yelled “it’s just like practicing your violin!” That got me some strange looks.
Uncle Tom’s Orchestra
Racism. Every year someone asks me if there’s much racism in Classical music. My stock answer is “No, not really, at least not amongst musicians. Boards are a different matter, though.” I’m sorry to say that it looks like nothing has changed.
But Nigel, This One Goes to 11 …
I was trolling through The Internets yesterday and stumbled upon a little controversy brewing in the world of classical violinistry. I’m shocked (shocked!) that it hasn’t already kicked the economic crisis off of the front page of the New York Times so I thought I’d give it a little boost. This one, as they say, goes to eleven.
The Trumpet(er) Shall Sound (Off)….
Philadelphia fallout. Or is that Philadelphia Freedom? Either way, the Trumpeter shall sound off.
Good Luck With That…
I was all set to write a blog on my little sojourn into Shangri-La and then some exciting news popped up on the radar. It seems that, indeed, the lunatics are running the asylum.
Mirror Mirror
A funny thing happened on the way through SocialMediaLand. I ran smack dab into the difference between what professional musicians perceive and what “normal” people perceive. If this doesn’t prove a disconnect then I don’t know what does.