I’ll be wanting this DVD:
(Is today his actual birthday?)
Sorry this is so tiny … this is the code they supply and I’m not smart enough to know how to change it.
This was sent to me yesterday:
You and your friends, family, and students are personally invited to
What: Oboe Masters at Mason, Sunday, April 11, 2010
Where: GMU Performing Arts Building Choral Room
When: 11:00am-6:00pm*… See more
Who: *International competition adjudicator and oboe specialist Mr. Michael Britton invites you to audition the handmade instruments on display!
12:00pm-1:00pm – Where do oboes come from? A clinic by master oboe builder Mr. Jeremy Walsworth, T.W. Howarth of London!1:30pm- 4:30pm – Master class by Mr. Joseph Robinson, Principal Oboist (Ret.) of the New York Philharmonic!
* Meet master reed-maker Ms. Meredeth Rouse of Back Bay Reeds! Introducing this valuable new handmade reed resource to players in the Northern Va area!
Thanks to the sponsorship of T.W. Howarth of London, the oboe studio at George Mason University is able to present this wonderful opportunity free and open to anyone who loves music!
If you have any questions about this event (or about “oboe-life” at GMU) please feel free contact:
Dr. Lorrie Brown at lberkshi [at] gmu [dot] edu
It took all my moral resolve not to destroy this book we just got about the history of the Oboe.
A short time ago I blogged about memorization.
We’ll let this speak for itself:
Hindemith: I
II
III
Okay … fine … Hindemith … maybe I could do that …
… and yes, the do the whole Barber … sigh … so why not throw some Tomasi and Ligeti in too, eh?
Yeah. I’m humbled.
I’m not going to put everything of theirs via YouTube up here, but do check out the Arabesque Winds.
You have to get past the little “oops” at the beginning and another that comes a bit later. But this is great fun! I doubt I’ll ever hear Strauss the same again. (I think I like this better!)
