Last week I was an instructor at a week long camp for bassoon and oboe players at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Bocal Majority. I led master classes, chamber music and reed-making to 16 bassoon players. We also performed daily faculty recitals. It was a blast! It was my good fortune to be teaching with bassoonist Leslie […]
Archive for July, 2013
Amadeus, Amadeus
Greetings from Salzburg, Austria! This week Eugene and I visited the home and birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The apartment the Mozart’s lived in was quite spacious for the time. There were many artifacts on display: letters to his wife from the road, manuscripts, paintings of him and his wife, and the original clavichord that […]
Viva l’Italia!
It may surprise you to learn this, but on occasion, I do play music with other ensembles besides Third Wheel. Sometimes, even other chamber ensembles! It’s a little weird, I know. But I am a member of the Orange County Clarinet Consort. It’s a clarinet choir made up of professional, regional orchestra players and music […]
Arizona
On the first of July my family and I made a trip to Arizona to get my sister settled into her new home in Surprise, AZ. It was no surprise that it was very hot, however we were there for a heat wave with record breaking temperatures! In order to beat the heat we found a man […]
America the Beautiful
Happy 4th of July Weekend! This weekend I’m enjoying some time with family and friends and celebrating America’s Birthday! Last night got me a little teared up during the Armed Forces Salute at the Pacific Symphony concert. The piece is a medley of all of the marches from the different branches of the military. Seeing […]
