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Category Archives: Music
Force Quit and Move to Trash
Well, this is a natural topic for this blog! First of all, U2’s new album No Line on the Horizon is very good indeed. U2 albums take time to reveal the full depth of their charms, and I’m only on … Continue reading
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February Performances
My next concert performances are coming up next week. I will be singing in the Stanford Symphonic Chorus in Stanford’s annual Pan-Asian Music Festival, performing together with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. We will be singing Cosmic Solitude by Japanese composer … Continue reading
Richard Thompson at Villa Montalvo
I just spent a very happy musical weekend at Villa Montalvo. Richard Thompson came to town for a 3-night engagement. Friday and Saturday nights were all-request shows, and Sunday night was a theme show on “Worksongs, Ballads and Rallying Cries: … Continue reading
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Don Ellis’s "Soaring" now on CD!
Finally! My favorite studio album from Don Ellis, Soaring, is now available on CD from Amazon and other fine retailers. From hot charts like “Whiplash” and “Invincible” to beautiful ballads like “Nicole” and “Image of Maria”, this album is the … Continue reading
October / November Performances
It’s been a while since posting because things have been very busy with both MusicXML work and performances. I can’t write about the MusicXML work at this point, but the performances went great. Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights got … Continue reading
Cabrillo Festival 2008 – Riffs and Refrains
Cabrillo came up with another winner in last night’s concert, featuring works by Matthew Cmiel, Mark Anthony Turnage, John Corigliano, and John Adams. I was particularly taken with the Turnage and Adams works. Turnage’s concerto Riffs and Refrains featured spectacular … Continue reading
Cabrillo Festival 2008 – Triple Play
Saturday’s Cabrillo concert was another winner. It opened with a beautiful piece by Dorothy Chang, moved on to an intriguing work by Mason Bates, and concluded with a spectacular percussion concerto by John Corigliano with Evelyn Glennie as soloist. I … Continue reading
Cabrillo Festival 2008 – First Night
August in Silicon Valley means that it’s time for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music over the hill in Santa Cruz. This is an amazing two-week festival of contemporary orchestral music. Since 1992, the brilliant Marin Alsop has been the … Continue reading
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