Apr 24
My Musical Career|Part Thirty-One 1987|A Pivotal Year – Part One Looking back over my musical life, 1987 now seems to be on of the pivotal years for both the orchestra and myself. There were several such years – 1984 – when the orchestra began recording the Tchaikovsky series for Chandos, and we began …
Mar 11
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Short Tours with the Orchestra – 1986 While most of the tours that the orchestra undertook during my fifteen years with the ensemble were of two weeks or more duration, there were several shorter ones of shorter duration that were quite notable. I’ll devote this blog post to three …
Jan 26
My Musical Career|Part Twenty-Nine Touring with the Oslo Philharmonic Fall 1985 – Germany, Switzerland and Austria In my last post in this series, I wrote about my first “big” tour with the orchestra to the United Kingdom. During the course of that tour we visited England, Scotland and Wales. Needless to say, other than …
Nov 24
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-Eight Touring with the Oslo Philharmonic – U.K 1984 In my previous post, I talked about some of the highlights of my first seasons with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. My first tour with the orchestra was an overnight run-out to Gothenberg, Sweden. My first “big” tour with the …
Oct 08
My Musical Career|Part Twenty-Seven Playing the Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (orchestral version) and Other Highlights… One of the biggest challenges facing me that first season with the orchestra happened relatively early on. I was fully aware of it as I had been sent a copy of the season’s program during …
Sep 12
My Musical Career|Part Twenty-Six That First Season……. That first full season with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra was a very interesting one., musically and personally. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I began my tenure as principal timpanist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (called solopaukist in Norwegian) on September 7, 1983. The program for that …
Aug 12
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-Five Goodbye, Evansville, Hello, Oslo! In my previous post, I described my ten-week trial period with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, which took place between the end of November 1982 and the end of February 1983. It was an exciting experience and one that was very different from your usual audition, …
Jul 24
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-Four Transitioning to Oslo Part II I move to Bygdøy Alle 39 In my previous post, I told of how I got to Oslo for the trial period, and described what it was like for me to go into a wholly new environment, one which, by the …
Jul 18
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-Three Transitioning to Oslo In my previous post, I began to describe the process of transitioning from one part of my musical and personal life. From 1980 through 1983, I was happily ensconced in my consortium position with the University of Evansville, the Evansville Philharmonic, and the Owensboro Symphony. During …
Jun 19
My Musical Career | Part Twenty-Two Evansville Years Concluded – Transitioning to Oslo Up until this point, the Evansville/Owensboro years were the happiest and most productive of both my musical and personal life. Musical because of the repertoire I was introduced to and the experience I gained both as a performer and teacher, …
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