Saturday, September 5 at 7:30 pm - Guitar Under the Stars 2009 presents Spanish guitar with Latin rhythms featuring Daniel Salazar and his Ensemble, accompanied by The Hartford Festival Orchestra at the Riverfront Plaza, Hartford. FREE ADMISSION.
*I did this gig last year and absolutely loved this guitarist!
Saturday, September 26 at 8 pm - The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra presents Smith - The Star Spangled Banner; Rossini - Overture to William Tell; Schubert - Symphony No. 7 in B Minor (Unfinished); Bernstein - Candide Overture; Copland - Rodeo; Gershwin - Rhaposody in Blue featuring guest soloist Jeffrey Biegel, Piano at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
*We have a new conductor: Toshiyuki Shimada. We look forward to a good year!
Saturday, October 17 at 8 pm - The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra presents Takemitsu - Star-Isle; Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major; Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 featuring guest soloist Stephan Tieszen (our concertmaster) at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Things to learn
Would you know what to do if someone gives you a basic melody that may not even be written down and then asks you to make up a part to play along with that?
Thoughts on practicing
Good practicing has less to do with the amount of time you spend playing your instrument and more to do with how well you focus and concentrate on the details (ex. intonation, quality of your sound, bowings, rhythm) during the time that you play. You can have a 15 minute practice session of concentrated listening and self critique that is more effective than a 30 minute session of mindless playing through of your piece.
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