Ok, so the practice rooms here at CCM have pianos in them, several have Clavinovas with all the bells and whistles ( Read more... )

Go to YouTube and search for GRP All-Star big band. Listen, enjoy...

Also, I think Ernie Watts is the best example I've come across of someone playing "straight ahead" jazz that has complete and utter control of the altissimo register of the Sax. He uses it often and sounds amazing...

Arturo Sandoval is here at CCM until Sunday after his concert he has tickets to.

He's ridiculous. I'm about to go stand 5 feet from him and hear him play.

btw, he said he has a bösendorfer (sic) in his living room. Apparently his second one...

So the CCM Wind Studies Department is doing two concerts of nothing but the music of Karel Husa ( Read more... )

Ray Charles is incredible...

On another note...

Someone told me I was judging their selection of music they were listening to. I replied, yes, judging is stating an opinion. That's what makes us artists. Musical performance is conveying our opinion about a particular work.

either that was profound or I'm too drunk to realize the idiocy of my

The world is now without Maynard Ferguson...

go to Google News and search his name...

For all you Mahler fans out there ( Read more... )

Hello Folks ( Read more... )

I'm currently enrolled in Graduate Research and Writing here at CCM. I took it during the summer because it was suggested to live through the hell of 8am and pace of work for just 3 weeks rather than dealing with the class during regular school ( Read more... )

I am taking a Research and Writing class here at CCM this summer. I need a paper topic. 10-12 pages. I wanted to do something dealing with the incorporation of the tuba into the orchestra, but couldn't find sources. I now toy with the idea of something dealing with Mahler's 9th Symphony (my fav.). Now I ask you people to brainstorm and help me ( Read more... )