This weekend I get an opportunity to play principal bassoon with the Brentwood Symphony Orchestra. On this program we are going to do a variety of music including Ravel’s “Bolero”, excerpts from Stravisnky’s “Firebird Suite”, Debussy’s “Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun”, and other selections. Bolero is a BIG bassoon excerpt for orchestral auditions. […]
Archive for October, 2013
Fall Cooking
Even though this is an extremely busy time of year (we’re about 7 weeks into the Fall semester), I still find that cooking a nice hot meal after a long day relaxes me. On Tuesday night I started out around 7:30pm after getting home from teaching. I knew I wanted to try out the swiss […]
Fall Favorites
Fall is my favorite season. I love the (slight) change in weather. Here are some of my favorite things about Fall. 1. Oak Glen http://www.oakglen.net/ I went last weekend and had a blast trying many different varieties of apples, tasting apple cider and even picking raspberries. 2. Owls I love to collect owls and this […]
