Name: Jonathan Cohen City, State of Residence: Glenwood, MD Occupation: Electrical Engineer Favorite Instrument to Play: Contrabass Flute The following biography is from Jonathan’s website, FluteComposer.com: Jonathan Cohen’s business card says “Bald Technical Guy.” Jon was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1954. After passing through Palo Alto, California and undergraduate school in Akron, […]
Thoughts on Hero Worship: The Music Version
Who’s your musical hero? Gloria Estefan? Leonard Bernstein? Reba McEntire? B. B. King? Bill Watrous? Evelyn Glennie? John Philip Sousa? Mozart? Madonna? Pentatonix? Green Day? Some of us elevate our favorite actors, athletes, or other celebrities to a level of deity-like perfection beyond what is reasonable, and it’s no different in the music world. To […]
Interview – Becky Pritchard
Name: Becky Pritchard City, State of Residence: Gaithersburg, MD Occupation: Pritchard Music owner, horn teacher, chamber ensemble coach Favorite Instrument to Play: French horn Becky Pritchard, along with her husband Joe opened Pritchard Music-Kentlands in 2009. She is the Director of Music Education overseeing their 260 students while keeping an active teaching schedule herself. Becky […]
2018 ACB Convention
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 […]
Interview – Pete BarenBregge
Name: Peter BarenBregge City, State of Residence: Venice, FL Occupation: Retired Favorite Instrument to Play: Tenor Saxophone By all accounts, Mr. BarenBregge is a professional musician. A small list of his accomplishments include: earning a student scholarship to the famed Stan Kenton Jazz Camp; teaching public school instrumental music in Wilmington, Delaware; directing the United […]
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