Orchestra Life

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The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism, by Matt Mason
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El Sistema: An afternoon with José Antonio Abreu
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Body Mapping: What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body
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The New Haven Symphony Meets Robert DeNiro: Orchestra Musicians as Movie Stars!
5
Rostropovich: The Musical Life of the Great Cellist, Teacher and Legend, by Elizabeth Wilson
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks
7
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross
8
The Soloist, by Steve Lopez
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Artists in Exile, by Joseph Horowitz
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Musicians from a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music, by Mari Yoshihara

The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism, by Matt Mason

Aug 15 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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El Sistema: An afternoon with José Antonio Abreu

Aug 07 2008
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Ann Drinan
Ann Drinan

Ann Drinan, Senior Editor, has been a member of the Hartford Symphony viola section for over 30 years. She is a former Chair of the Orchestra Committee, former member of the HSO Board, and has served on many HSO committees. She is also the Executive Director of CONCORA (CT Choral Artists), a professional chorus based in Hartford and New Britain, founded by Artistic Director Richard Coffey. Ann was a member of the Advisory Board of the Symphony Orchestra Institute (SOI), and was the HSO ROPA delegate for 14 years, serving as both Vice President and President of ROPA. In addition to playing the viola and running CONCORA, Ann is a professional writer and editor, and has worked as a consultant and technical writer for software companies in a wide variety of industries for over 3 decades. (She worked for the Yale Computer Science Department in the late 70s, and thus has been on the Internet, then called the DARPAnet, since 1977!) She is married to Algis Kaupas, a sound recordist, and lives a block from Long Island Sound in Branford CT. Together they create websites for musicians: shortbeachwebdesign.com.

Ann holds a BA in Music from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MA in International Relations from Yale University.

Read Ann Drinan's blog here. web.esm.rochester.edu/poly/author/ann-drinan

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I’m sure many of you have seen the segments on CBS’ 60 Minutes recently about El Sistema, Gustavo Dudamel, and José Antonio Abreu, the Founder of El Sistema. Symphony magazine did a cover story on El Sistema in their March/April 2008 issue. And the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra gave an astounding performance at Carnegie Hall in November.

Señor Abreu spoke at the National Performing Arts Conference in Denver on June 13, 2008 for all the delegates. The League of American Orchestras has some great photos and an introductory video about El Sistema that was shown at this plenary session on their website.

Later that afternoon, he addressed a session as part of the League of American Orchestra’s conference. Jesse Rosen, the League’s CEO, asked Señor Abreu to tell the attendees a bit about Venezuela, so that everyone could gain a greater insight into El Sistema.

His remarks were translated by Bolivio Bottome, but she seemed to be paraphrasing what he said because he was so intent on telling us so much! I was pretty much able to keep up with her translation, but what follows is definitely not a literal translation of Señor Abreu’s remarks but rather my attempt at capturing the gist of what he presented.

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Body Mapping: What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body

Jul 03 2008
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Amy Likar
Amy Likar

Amy Likar is a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony. As a freelance flutist, Dr. Likar has performed with the Berkeley Symphony, Festival Opera and for the Oakland Ballet, as well as in numerous chamber music venues.

Dr. Likar holds Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor's in Music Education and Flute Performance from Kent State University. She has also studied at the Conservatoire National de Nice, France. Her flute teachers include Martha Aarons and Katherine Borst Jones. Dr. Likar has taught at The Ohio State University and Ashland University.

Amy Likar has studied the Alexander Technique for over 16 years and received her AmSAT certification and training from the Alexander Training Institute of San Francisco in 2002. As a certified Andover Educator, Dr. Likar has presented "What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body" at The Ohio State University, Ashland University, Youngstown State University, The University of Akron, Kent State University, the Juilliard School, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and other venues across the US and Europe.

Dr. Likar has presented at numerous conferences including National Flute Association Conventions, Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposiums, and a MTNA Conference.

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My college friend and ROPA colleague, Sherill Roberts, has been telling me about Barbara Conable for many years. Sherill is a cellist who had to overcome some pretty serious health issues in her past, and thus she is particularly attuned to the needs of her body in terms of movement. She recently became certified to teach the Andover Educator Body Mapping course, and suggested that I contact Amy Likar, who has taken over as the group leader now that Barbara Conable has semi-retired.

Amy explains what Body Mapping is and how it can help your playing, and then presents a fascinating and inspiring interview she conducted with Barbara.

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The New Haven Symphony Meets Robert DeNiro: Orchestra Musicians as Movie Stars!

Jun 22 2008
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Ann Drinan
Ann Drinan

Ann Drinan, Senior Editor, has been a member of the Hartford Symphony viola section for over 30 years. She is a former Chair of the Orchestra Committee, former member of the HSO Board, and has served on many HSO committees. She is also the Executive Director of CONCORA (CT Choral Artists), a professional chorus based in Hartford and New Britain, founded by Artistic Director Richard Coffey. Ann was a member of the Advisory Board of the Symphony Orchestra Institute (SOI), and was the HSO ROPA delegate for 14 years, serving as both Vice President and President of ROPA. In addition to playing the viola and running CONCORA, Ann is a professional writer and editor, and has worked as a consultant and technical writer for software companies in a wide variety of industries for over 3 decades. (She worked for the Yale Computer Science Department in the late 70s, and thus has been on the Internet, then called the DARPAnet, since 1977!) She is married to Algis Kaupas, a sound recordist, and lives a block from Long Island Sound in Branford CT. Together they create websites for musicians: shortbeachwebdesign.com.

Ann holds a BA in Music from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MA in International Relations from Yale University.

Read Ann Drinan's blog here. web.esm.rochester.edu/poly/author/ann-drinan

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The New Haven Symphony Orchestra recently spent 2 days filming a scene for Robert DeNiro’s new movie, Everybody’s Fine, at Woolsey Hall in New Haven on June 3 & 4. They needed a few extra players, so I commenced my film career by pretending to be a violist. (Hey, I do that in real life!) Here’s the story, with photos taken by NHSO Executive Director Natalie Forbes.

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Rostropovich: The Musical Life of the Great Cellist, Teacher and Legend, by Elizabeth Wilson

Jun 04 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks

Jun 04 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross

Jun 04 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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The Soloist, by Steve Lopez

Jun 04 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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Artists in Exile, by Joseph Horowitz

Apr 17 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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Musicians from a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music, by Mari Yoshihara

Apr 17 2008
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Since I do lot of teaching I read a lot of books. Not all of them are music-related, but a high proportion of them are. From time to time in this space I’ll be posting reviews of books I’ve read, with the hope that 1) you’ll be able to sort through books more quickly (as to whether you really want to spend the time reading them) and 2) you’ll read something that you might not have otherwise considered. Enjoy!

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