I just got back from my first Association of Concert Bands (ACB) convention, and friends, I had an amazing four days! I met composers of some of my favorite band works, and made new friends with fellow Concert Band geeks (musicians and conductors) from all over the United States and Canada, and got to perform […]
Music Memories
Hey music lovers! I thought I’d go in a different direction this week and pull together some real-life examples of the potentially awesome gigs, events, and non-musical merriment you could be part of when in a community music group. This post is very personal, since I’ve created this list from my own life experiences, and […]
Eager for Easter
Being an experienced trumpet player of quasi-local renown (okay, maybe extremely local), I sometimes get emails around this time of year from folks asking if I’m available for various Easter services. While there seems to be an unlimited number of trumpeters here in the Washington/Baltimore corridor, there also seems to be unlimited churches with organists […]
Priorities and Pragmatism
Community concert band directors have more decisions to make than anyone else in the group, but sometimes it’s not about what you might think. Oh sure, they have to come up with pieces for the next program, perhaps following a theme. They need to know if certain parts will not be covered and remember how […]
2017-18 “Hell Freezes Over” Tour
I’ve heard China described as an “emerging” country, but as I’ve just experienced, emerging from Communism takes time. The following is an edited summary of the good, the bad, and some of the ugly from my second trip to China with an excellent Chicago-area community ensemble called the South Shore Orchestra. The flights from D.C. […]
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