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viola@yahoogroups.com
Jan 1, 2006 8:23 am
40970
In a message dated 12/31/2005 10:24:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, ContraReed@... writes: Any easy solution would be to use something like heat-shrink...
Cigarnose@...
Jan 1, 2006 4:16 pm
40971
... Depending on when and where your bow was made, that "plastic" may be whalebone. And if so, since it is organic, it's entirely possible that you could have...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Jan 1, 2006 4:21 pm
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... I have to agree, mostly because I've had excellent equipment in my hands from time to time, and it really does make a difference. But I also have to say...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Jan 1, 2006 4:39 pm
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Well I spent a part of my New Year's Eve waiting for the acting debut of one of our colleagues and I wasn't disappointed. As I recall there was a thread some...
Celia DeMartini
celiadm@...
Jan 1, 2006 5:48 pm
40974
Yes, who were the actors in the orchestra pit? I must admit. I liked the movie! :-) ... -- George Tate Director, Dobie High School Director, Greater Houston...
That would have been Michael Vidulich, president of the International Viola Society Beate ... From: viola@yahoogroups.com [mailto:viola@yahoogroups.com] On...
Beate, Yes, Vivaldi was an ordained priest as was Attilio Ariosti (one of the 3 "biggies" on the London opera stage, along with Handel and Giovanni Bononcini),...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Jan 1, 2006 8:01 pm
40977
We also saw King Kong last evening - in large part because of the previous commentary about the viola section on this list. Like Celia, I found the scenes with...
I'm getting frustrated with my playing because there seems to be no feeling of music or soul into the music I practice and play. I seem to be too critical of...
I have avoided this problem by using a soft foam "pen-grip" - piece of foam, various colors, sold in office supply and even school supply houses - and yes,...
wes and karen burnett
burnettm@...
Jan 1, 2006 10:36 pm
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Dear list, Does anyone have advice on finding a copy of de Falla's Siete Canciones Populares (arr. Mateu/Zanetti, Manuel de Falla Ediciones, 1993) to buy? ...
Matthew Dane
mdane@...
Jan 1, 2006 10:47 pm
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Some prominent early composers were also ordained priests, including Machaut, Obrecht and Victoria. In a message dated 1/1/2006 3:01:24 P.M. Eastern Standard...
... Try putting down the instrument and singing the music. Maybe make up words, or at least appropriate nonsense syllables. Flex it a little -- not ...
I liked it too, especially the violas! Les ... From: Beate Gross To: 'George Tate' Cc: viola@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 1:15 PM Subject:...
This suggests an interesting thread: music in movies. When I was growing up (in the '50s) they knew how to score movies. Part of the appeal of the epics of the...
This is such an excellent question, and you are brave to ask. I think many players, especially younger players, sometimes have difficulty "making music" with...
if I can offer a little advice- go out for a walk...I don't know where you live,but walking on a beach,or walking in the woods,or walking in a snowstorm are...
Ann Roggen
aroggen@...
Jan 2, 2006 2:28 am
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... Star Wars. Of course, Lucas had the old style in mind when he made those movies. SG --...
To tell you the truth I liked it too. I just couldn't watch a good chunk of it. Celia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Celia DeMartini
celiadm@...
Jan 2, 2006 2:50 am
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Alerted by reports on the MusicologyList, I'm paying strict attention as I watch the Vienna Philharmonic's New Years telecast this evening, and sure enough...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Jan 2, 2006 3:06 am
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Bravo for asking this *really* hard and important question... It's not just a viola issue. As one conductor likes to say, those black dots on the page are to...
... I'm just now watching the VPO perform the Blue Danube encore (Seattle time). I concur with John's assessment of the female musicians playing in this...
they may be subs.....buried in the flowers... Ann R. ... From: Wesley A. Dyring To: viola@yahoogroups.com Sent: 1/2/2006 12:19:35 AM Subject: Re: [viola]...
Ann Roggen
aroggen@...
Jan 2, 2006 5:43 am
40993
In a message dated 1/1/2006 9:48:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sgable@... writes: Star Wars. Of course, Lucas had the old style in mind when he made ...
according to the VPO website the harpist is a full member of the orchestra, the cellist (and the violist who was not playing) are still to pass their probation...
... Not much progress, certainly, but one is definitely far greater than zero. Let us hope that the positive trend continues. Wes In the midst of writing...
Dear colleagues, It might be a long time coming-it might not come at all...(!) but from my vantage point, colleagues couldn´t but help sing the praises of...
Juhan Palm-Peipman
cobblestonian@...
Jan 2, 2006 9:09 am
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... I don't know either, but I did hear a bowmaker at a BVMA conference a few years back say the whalebone trade had practically died out with declining sales...
... No surprise there! A surprise - I thought it would have been well and truly nailed down by rights - is that the whole concert is available from BBC Radio...