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Comment on Don’t Warm Up! by Rico

Rico — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:34:17 +0000

Bravissimo, Professore Kaplan, I was thinking along the same lines the other day when, before sitting down to play an impeccable Sweet Loraine Latin Style, I decided to sit outside in my 85 degree Jamaican climatic reality to make sure all my ten ivory-tickling tools were ready for some 7#9 chords on those 88 keys that were begging me to caress them into jazzy harmonies. But then again, I remembered a famous Juliard professor who still warms up his oboe daily…I think I will continue to err on the side of preparation, perseverance, and determination. It’s a genetic thang for we Kaplans. Bless up…

Comment on About by brent hages

brent hages — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:50:48 +0000

Greetings! Elden is a good friend of mine- I have been trying to do some research on his career and history and thought I would write and see if you had any photos, etc for your days in school together? I would love to have copies of anything I could get!

Best Wishes!

Brent

Comment on Repertoire and Character by Roger Gray

Roger Gray — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:13:33 +0000

Every group now seems to want to play late Beethoven.
There is so much great literature I am looking more closely
at the groups playing the less known works and GOOD composers.
Some literature gets “overplayed”.
A group here just performed Dvorak OP106. Another the Gernsheim SQ.
The great conducter Felix Weingardner wrote a SQ Op 24. Some great
Schubert is never played.Why always “Death and the Maiden”????
Food for thought.

Comment on Maestro Villa-Lobos by Paul Rosenblum

Paul Rosenblum — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:40:36 +0000

Mel,

I always wondered why hthe horn part in this piece was so uncharacteristic o and very difficult to play. But what fun to be inlcuded in the music making. Nice job!

Comment on Maestro Villa-Lobos by Gotta Love Villa-Lobos! « oboeinsight

Gotta Love Villa-Lobos! « oboeinsight — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:43:35 +0000

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Comment on The Best Time of Their Musical Lives by Paul Rosenblum

Paul Rosenblum — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:23:29 +0000

Mel,

I was gald to see your blog show up in my mail box. I look forward to reading more.

Paul