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May 31
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-One
My Musical Career Part Twenty-One The Evansville Years – Part Three Owensboro The other major part of the consortium position was that of timpanist of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. Owensboro, Kentucky is located about forty miles east of Evansville, on the west bank of the Ohio River. Home to Brescia College and several …
May 15
My Musical Career | Part Twenty
My Musical Career | Part Twenty The Evansville Years – Part Two “The Fourth Piece of the Puzzle” In my previous blog post, I described my new position (or positions) in Evansville and Owensboro, with only a little blurb about the fourth part of the puzzle. This was what was called an “Artist-In-Residence” position, and …
May 02
My Musical Career | Part Nineteen
My Musical Career|Part Nineteen The Evansville Years – Part One Late September and early October can be gloomy and rainy, and it certainly was the day I left Albany aboard that Greyhound bus bound for Evansville, Indiana. I had just closed out a most enjoyable three year period of my life, one in …
May 02
My Musical Career | Part Eighteen
My Musical Career|Part Eighteen Leaving Albany My three years in Albany as timpanist with the Albany Symphony, Berkshire Symphony and Lake George Opera were most fulfilling. I had the opportunity to do a bit of conducting and program presenting with the Albany Little Symphony, as well as personally familiarize myself with some superb …
Apr 19
My Musical Career | Part Seventeen
My Musical Career The Albany Years – Part Three It seems that every time I sit down to continue a certain timeline, certain memories of other events kind of point me to share events that, while occurring during the time period of which I am writing, seem like sort of going off on …
Apr 10
My Musical Career | Part Sixteen
My Musical Career | Part Sixteen The Albany Years | Part Two In addition to my position as timpanist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, I was asked by Maestro Hegyi to act in a similar capacity with his other orchestra, The Berkshire Symphony Orchestra. This last named orchestra was the orchestra of Williams …
Mar 29
My Musical Career | Part Fifteen
My Musical Career | Part Fifteen The Albany Years – Part One I lived and worked in the Albany, New York area for three seasons, from October, 1977 until September 1, 1980. During this period I served as timpanist of the Albany Symphony Orchestra and additionally with the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Both …
Mar 27
My Instruments | A Timpanist’s Toolbox
My Instruments | A Timpanist’s Toolbox NB: This post is mainly for those of you (and there are many) who wonder what a timpanist is and what is in that case (or cases) that he carries with him to rehearsals and concerts. To those of you who are already expert, consider this a …
Mar 11
My Instruments – Timpani Sticks| Part Two
My Instruments -Timpani Sticks Ron Carlisle Mallets It wasn’t until relatively late in my career with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra that I heard of Ron Carlisle and his hand-crafted timpani mallets. The year was 1994, and it was during a tour of the USA by the orchestra that this came about. It happened in Pittsburgh, …
Mar 10
My Instruments – Timpani Sticks| Part One
My Instruments -Timpani Sticks|Part One You might think it a little strange for me to talk about timpani sticks (or mallets –call them whatever you will) in a blog post with the heading “My Instruments.” However, when you think about it, timpani sticks are the tools one uses in the hands to make …
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