Thanks, Bruce, for putting this up at Facebook. (Sorry your blog is having issues, though.)
But really … maybe the guy was just too darn warm?! Now I’m usually cold in a plane, but I suppose some people might not be like I am. (Although I can hardly imagine!)
As the plane took off again, Keegan said the usual announcement to please fasten your seat belts came over the loudspeakers with a twist.
The message included “a reminder to everybody to please keep your clothing on. It got a couple chuckles,” Keegan said.
I read it here, thanks to my sister sending me the link. 🙂
(Thanks to Susan Spector, Perfect Pitch blogger, Metropolitan Opera orchestra oboist, and Mets fan, for alerting me to this one!)
Playing, singing is not merely a matter of expertise […] the industry wants you to think that’s the case […] the real question is, “what do you have to say?” […] Your job is to keep people up at night.
I can’t listen and still type well or I’d get more down here. (I think I’ll look for a transcript of the speech.) For now, though, go here and listen to pianist and scholar Robert Levin speak at the 2009 Curtis commencement. It’s worth your time, I promise you.
“You have to make our art new. Without that renewal, it dies.”
… for voice … by Danielle Licari who, it says on the YouTube page, was “known in Asia as the absolute queen of scat” …
… and she must have liked oboe literature:
J. S. Bach:
I almost forgot! I’m getting braces today, and I have an oboe lesson in a few hours. Super fun!
(Gee, this tweet wouldn’t be sarcastic, would it?)
Okay, I’ll just go hide now. When I was eleven I was just starting to play, if I have my dates right. This young girl is pretty darn good!
Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C Major
Movements 1 & 2:
Movement 3:
I’m going to guess we’ll be hearing more of Song Hyun Jung!
