I'm going to see a friend of mine, Rayse Biggs. An phenomenal trumpet/flugelhorn master! The show starts at 9:30 PM...but I'm going at 8PM to have dinner.
Come join me!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
REGINA CARTER this FRIDAY NIGHT!
The famous Regina Carter will be performing this FRIDAY..at Oakland University. ON Saturday, the next day, I am going to attend an IMPROVISATION workshop that SHE IS GIVING. I am VERY excited. The following is about her concert. Come and sit with me!Stick & String:Regina Carter, Mark Stone and Yin Zheng
Noted jazz violinist Regina Carter, Oakland University percussionist Mark Stone and Oakland University pianist Yin Zheng will present "Stick & String," an eclectic collection of improvised and composed music, at Varner Recital Hall on Friday, October 3, 2008 8 p.m.
The program will include 2008 compositions, "M.S." by Mark Stone and "Iberia" by OU composer Terry Herald, as well as works by Astor Piazzolla, William Grant Still, Paul Schoenfield and "Nkwantompola," traditional music by the people of Busoga, one of the largest kingdoms in Uganda. The artists will cross styles, cultures, and era as Ms. Carter's world-renowned skills as a jazz performer cross paths with Dr. Zheng's elegant piano performance style and the driving energy of Stone's world music percussion expertise.
Tickets are $16 for general admission and $8 for students and available at the Varner Box Office at OAKLAND UNIVERISTY, open one hour before performances and 3-6 p.m., Tuesday-Friday. Also at Star Tickets Plus, www.starticketsplus.com and 800-585-3737 (a service fee applies). This event is part of the Department's Professional Artist Series.
Noted jazz violinist Regina Carter, Oakland University percussionist Mark Stone and Oakland University pianist Yin Zheng will present "Stick & String," an eclectic collection of improvised and composed music, at Varner Recital Hall on Friday, October 3, 2008 8 p.m.
The program will include 2008 compositions, "M.S." by Mark Stone and "Iberia" by OU composer Terry Herald, as well as works by Astor Piazzolla, William Grant Still, Paul Schoenfield and "Nkwantompola," traditional music by the people of Busoga, one of the largest kingdoms in Uganda. The artists will cross styles, cultures, and era as Ms. Carter's world-renowned skills as a jazz performer cross paths with Dr. Zheng's elegant piano performance style and the driving energy of Stone's world music percussion expertise.
Tickets are $16 for general admission and $8 for students and available at the Varner Box Office at OAKLAND UNIVERISTY, open one hour before performances and 3-6 p.m., Tuesday-Friday. Also at Star Tickets Plus, www.starticketsplus.com and 800-585-3737 (a service fee applies). This event is part of the Department's Professional Artist Series.
VERY excited about my new violin AND starting all my new KINDERGARTEN violin students and their parents!
I am very excited for this Friday, when I will meet the parents of my new Kindergarten violin students.
I am also very excited that I bought my first REAL electric violin. It is a BARCUS-BERRY metallic purple violin.
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