Northwest Oboe Seminar

10. July 2007 · Comments Off on Northwest Oboe Seminar · Categories: Announcements

(I have yet to get all my links up for double reed days and the like, so for now I’ll post these announcements right here.)

The 14th annual Northwest Oboe Seminar, sponsored by MCW and Jones Double Reeds, will take place on Saturday, August 18 in Portland, OR. The schedule includes an ‘Emergency’ Reed Clinic with Fred Korman and Kathy Riemann; solo
master class; repair/maintenance session with Pablo Izquierdo; focus session with special guest; small and large ensemble playing; an evening performance open to the public, followed by a reception where products will be for sale
from our Seminar sponsors.

This year’s focus will be “The Improvising Oboist” with Grammy Award winning oboist, Nancy Rumbel!

Call or e-mail Seminar Director Victoria Racz at 1-888-627-8788, ext. 3 for application information. Applications are due by July 31 and space is limited!

Best,

Victoria Racz
info [at] oregonchamberplayers [dot] org

50

10. July 2007 · Comments Off on 50 · Categories: Merola, Ramble

Merola turns 50. I am 50.

Coincidence?

MQOD

10. July 2007 · Comments Off on MQOD · Categories: Ramble

People have been writing about the death of classical music for some time. But it doesn’t seem to be happening. It’s going to be delivered and found probably in very different ways, but I think as the new technologies take hold there’ll be even another burst of classical music.

-Simon Rattle (RTWT)