Showing posts with label reed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reed. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Learning to Play; or, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back II

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I think a capacity for silliness or playfulness is important. I find that people who don't seem to have one either are miserable or tend...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Lesson 7

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Good lesson today! I'm improving! Kyoko will be leaving for the Colorado Music Festival , so I won't have another lesson till August...
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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Oboe Poem while on-call

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(Disclaimer: I know that "poem" is a presumptous label. I am well aware that most of us are a far cry from W.H. Auden or Elizabeth...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

If you don't like your D, don't go to C; or, The Gift of Imperfection

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Today I had my fourth oboe lesson. I have been having trouble descending down the C scale. I'm fine till I get to E, then D, then C...I ...
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Friday, May 25, 2007

If the shoe fits...

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I think being steeped in ballet music for years set the stage (so to speak) for this oboe love. Ballet music is filled with GREAT oboe parts...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Oboe Consolation Pudding

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"Hautbois, ta vie est pleine de mystères; Un temps lointain a chanté ton pouvoir; A tes accents les esprits des clairières Autour de to...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Anesthesia Oral Boards: a thing of the past!

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We weren't supposed to find out our results till the 25th, but I happened to check online last Friday, and I PASSED my oral boards!!! Th...
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