I'm going to disagree with *some* of what Howard has said. But first I'm going to apply a little bit of realism to your aspiration to be a professional player....
Jonathan West
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Jul 1, 2009 9:42 am
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This is a mantra that I give HS students where I work as an aid. I also used it when I taught college. There are three types of aspiring players: 1. The...
... Doesn't Elliott Carter, the amazing, still productive centenarian? He does in the UK. He has been visiting the Aldeburgh Festival this year and was in...
What about Oberon?... Stephen Colley Tuneup Systems 3200 Bandolino Ln. Plano, TX 75075 214-598-2700 ... From: horn@yahoogroups.com...
Stephen Colley
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Jul 1, 2009 1:52 pm
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So Kerry.are you enjoying retirement.! (hah!) Stephen Colley Tuneup Systems 3200 Bandolino Ln. Plano, TX 75075 214-598-2700 ... From: horn@yahoogroups.com...
Stephen Colley
tuneup@...
Jul 1, 2009 1:52 pm
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Once you get into the Farkas book, don't let things scrare you--like transposition. Transposition is VERY important. More than once during a concert of...
... As it happens I have a concert next weekend with a local community orchestra. Beethoven Violin concerto and Dvorak 6th Symphony - very standard repertoire....
Jonathan West
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Jul 1, 2009 3:40 pm
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... He just wrote a Horn Concerto, premiered by Jamie Somerville here in Boston. Yes, he's still productive, and I do believe he just turned 100. Don't ask me...
... I'm still trying to decide if that's a compliment or a snark. I would have loved to have been good enough to get fired from a principal horn position with...
Howard's suggestions on this were excellent. I do have one caveat, though (which Howard would probably agree with). He wrote: "Get **ALL** your mechanical...
... I didn't address this for two reasons. First, he (maybe she) didn't ask. Second, anyone who has what it takes to make it in any profession, particularly...
... I played that a few years ago with my local orchestra. One of the first violins had arrived "late" and walked between myself and the conductor in during...
... Big snip! I'm agreeing with Jonathon here - we are about the same age, but I did not try. I was sitting in a bar with a pro player (Mick Baines - RIP) when...
... It's a sign of my regard for Howard's opinion that I actually did seek out a recording of Carter's Piano Sonata. I found segments of a couple of movements...
... That has been my advice as well, even to my top students. My reasons go beyond the cut-throat competition. That's difficult enough, but even when you do...
... Yes, I know we have discussed this privately before. My comment was directed more towards others. The "classic" recording is Beveridge Webster's. It's...
... Ding! Right answer! It is atonal, though, which is why I said "atonal and serial" music ^_^ Not all atonal music is 12-tone, but all 12-tone (or serial, if...
... I have always thought that the opening to the "Red Dwarf" theme was an homage to Mahler 5. So does that theme count as a solo beginning too? Or is it not...
Group: Kerry has made a very good point about the realities of being a pro (and sometimes even the teaching side of things in certain circumstances). The...
Bingham, Richard D
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Jul 1, 2009 8:50 pm
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Andy.you look at the conductor?... Stephen Colley Tuneup Systems 3200 Bandolino Ln. Plano, TX 75075 214-598-2700 ... From: horn@yahoogroups.com...
Stephen Colley
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Jul 1, 2009 10:27 pm
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You know, I can understand why some of you are negative about most students being unable to get a playing job after graduation. But have you considered that...
Always in good humor, Kerry! Hmmm..my wine cellar is always EMPTY! Life's too short to drink bad wine! Stephen Colley Tuneup Systems 3200 Bandolino Ln. Plano,...
Stephen Colley
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Jul 1, 2009 11:41 pm
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... Nancy, I won't really gainsay your experience except to say that times have changed dramatically in the past 30 years since you went to Canada. The...
Thank you all for your kind, knowledgeable, and informative insight!!! I will take to heart as many of these suggestions as I possibly can! Thanks also for...
When North Carolina Symphony was between seasons, March to October, I worked for American Express and for a department store during Christmas. This was to...
... will take to ... trying to ... aware of the ... least at this ... Good for you! Just remember, people like Phil Myers, Jamie Somerville, and Kendall Betts...
I believe that the purpose of solfeggio is to help with your relationship to the tonic. Fixed Do does not teach that. Fixed do teaches perfect pitch, which...
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