Apr 10
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 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 …
Feb 26
My Musical Career | Part Fourteen From New England to Albany – 1977 In my previous blog post, I talked about my experiences with the Vermont Symphony and Dartmouth College. In looking back over these experiences, I remember these as a most fruitful period of my early musical career, and it turned out to be …
Feb 23
My Musical Career | Part Thirteen New York Interlude – 1975 -77 After graduating from Manhattan School of Music with my Master’s degree in June 1975, I remained in New York City for a period of two years. I had been living away from my parent’s home in Yorktown Heights, New York since …
Feb 20
Final College Years My Musical Career | Part Twelve The years 1972 through 1975 comprised my final years at Manhattan School of Music. My senior year was 1973 -74, and I elected to do a one-year Master’s program during the 1974-75 school year. MSM was offering this one-year program, and it seemed like a good …
Dec 26
My Musical Career|Part Eleven 1971- 1972 Part Two In my previous post, I left off talking about performing George Bizet’s “L’Arlisienne” with the Repertoire Orchestra at Manhattan School of Music. We used an orchestra of about 30 musicians, which is what Bizet scored if for, and it was a most delightful musical experience. …
Dec 13
My Musical Career|Part Ten In my last blog post, I talked about my summer out at the Aspen Festival in 1973. It was my first sojourn out of New York, and it opened my eyes to the world outside of the Big Apple. I loved Colorado and thought the country out there was just great, …
Nov 14
My Musical Career | Part Nine In my previous blogposts, I wrote quite a bit about Fred D. Hinger, my main percussion instructor and mentor and some of the experiences I had with him at the school. I had four good years working under his tutelage – including a summer at Aspen, Colorado. This was …
Oct 28
My Musical Career|Part Eight I ended my last blog entry in the Leonia, N.J. studio of my teacher and mentor, Fred. D. Hinger. I had many, many hours of superlative instruction from this gentleman. Mr. Hinger was my principal teacher for four years – from the fall of 1971 until June 1975, when I received …
Oct 20
My Musical Career Fred D. Hinger We have come to the point in this blog where I would like to devote some space to one of the most influential people in my career, namely Fred D. Hinger. Mr. Hinger was my second percussion teacher and perhaps the one who was most influential, both during my …
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