Name: Birgit Kovacs City, State of Residence: Danbury, CT Occupation: Rheumatologist – Risk Management Physician in the Pharmaceutical Industry Favorite Instrument to Play: Bass Trombone Birgit has a passion for music as well as science. She is a physician, scientist, and executive in the pharmaceutical industry where she has served in a number of leadership […]
Archives for March 2019
In Memoriam: Chris Vadala and Fred Balmages
Recently, the great state of Maryland lost two giants in the world of music performance and education: Chris Vadala, saxophonist and college music professor, and Fred Balmages, trumpeter and elementary school music teacher. Many community musicians knew them as friends as well as coaches, and both will be greatly missed. Chris Vadala Chris Vadala was […]
The Breadth of Jazz Titles
Some of the coolest titles I’ve seen are in the jazz lexicon. Whether you listen to an amateur or professional swing band practice its craft, there’s no shortage of original charts or arrangements with names that have been mashed together, rhymed, substituted, or otherwise cleverly manipulated to inspire your imagination before you even hear the […]