Friday, August 11th, 2006
I'll be playing the double bass in a benefit concert on 9/9 and 9/10 for the program shown below. This all-volunteer performance is to honor the five year anniversary of the September 11th disaster, and proceeds will go to benefit the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. (See this shameless cute ...
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Bay Area Musicians: September is light anyway, so how about considering doing this benefit to raise funds for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation:
This September, to mark the five-year anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster, the Pacific Collegium will present Duruflé's Requiem and two major works of Gerald Finzi ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Joe Volpe gets hip
Sharp-eyed reader Nora Renka noticed that the drop curtain at the Met's Romeo et Juliette features a medieval figure reading a book, and on the book is written the phrase "LORVM IPSVM ALL YOVR BASE ARE BELONG TO VS."
W00t! :D
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
I am puh-syched to be playing cello 8 for the Bachianas Brasilieras No.1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, on double bass no less. They were out one cello player, and I have always wanted to step in on that piece. :D We are just doing the first movement, but that's fine with ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2005
I've been getting more and more back into my music lately. Gone are the days where I could practice eight hours and still have time for rehearsals and performances, but I'm getting in a solid hour or two every day which is good to keep the fingers loose. In the ...
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