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Grex > Music2 > #236: Grexers on Stage -- Winter 2000 |  |
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lumen
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response 4 of 23:
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Mar 1 00:12 UTC 2000 |
Grexers couldn't possibly show up to my concerts, unless they felt the
air trip was worth it, hehe
I was in a chamber guitar ensemble concert last Friday. My featured
solo was "Romanza," a traditional Spanish ballad.
(one of scores of tunes named 'Romanza,' btw-- Romanza simply means
song)
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gnat
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response 5 of 23:
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Mar 1 02:07 UTC 2000 |
I don't know if this counts as performing - well, I guess it's performing,
in a matter of speaking. I'm still doing my radio show from 6-9am
every Saturday on WCBN, 88.3 Ann Arbor. My last show will be March 25.
This coming Saturday, I'm doing a Robyn Hitchcock tribute.
If you're in far-off lands, we have a RealAudio feed... www.wcbn.org
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mary
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response 6 of 23:
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Mar 1 13:23 UTC 2000 |
The trio I'm in (flute, violin and cello) is planning a family and
friends recital for the late spring. We'll be playing one of the
Haydn London Trios and C.P.E. Bach's Trio in B minor.
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remmers
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response 7 of 23:
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Mar 1 15:25 UTC 2000 |
(Re resp:2 - I'm familiar with the composer Gottschalk, but what's
"Great Galloping Gottschalk"?)
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katie
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response 8 of 23:
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Mar 1 15:37 UTC 2000 |
A wonderful ballet choreographed by Lynn Taylor-Corbett (I may have the
name a little wrong). I saw American Ballet Theatre do it several years
ago.
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albaugh
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response 9 of 23:
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Mar 1 17:11 UTC 2000 |
Well, heck, I'll put in a plug: Visit the following web site, and see what
I mean: http://www.mihometown.com/oe/plycomband
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remmers
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response 10 of 23:
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Mar 1 22:19 UTC 2000 |
Re resp:7 and resp:8 - What I'll be playing are one or two
standard length ragtime piano solos that were not originally
written with ballet in mind. I tape-recorded a few pieces at
the teacher's ballet class a couple of weeks ago. She'll
select one or two of these and figure out how to choreograph
them.
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arabella
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response 11 of 23:
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Mar 5 00:18 UTC 2000 |
Sunday afternoon I will be singing the soprano solo from the
Brahms Requiem. This will happen at a memorial service for
Fred Shure, at the Michigan Theater at 2 PM. Admission is
free and there will be lots of other good music, and free
food at the reception afterward. This is meant to be a joyous
occasion.
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arabella
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response 12 of 23:
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Mar 15 00:14 UTC 2000 |
Here's some information on my next two gigs:
The opera "Hansel & Gretel," by Engelbert Humperdinck is
coming to the Fairchild Theater at Michigan State University
beginning March 23. I will be performing the role of
The Witch on March 24 at 8 PM and March 26 (Sun.) at 3 PM
(The show is double cast). Tickets are available from
the Wharton Center. I will have to post the phone number later.
This is going to be a terrific show!
The Gilbert & Sullivan operetta "The Mikado" will be
performed at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater on the UM
campus from April 6 through April 9, with 8 PM shows on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 2 PM matinees on Saturday
and Sunday. I will be playing the role of Katisha, and terrorizing
all around me. Tickets are available throught the Michigan
League ticket office. Number to be posted later. This too is going
to be a wonderful show.
On April 10 I plan to sleep all day.
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remmers
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response 13 of 23:
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Mar 15 15:06 UTC 2000 |
Uh oh -- is Leslie getting typecast? Playing witches and things
that rhyme therewith?
Seriously, Leslie is a wonderful singer and the opportunity to
hear her should not be missed. Not sure if we can make "Hansel
and Gretel," but we definitely plan to catch "Mikado".
I spoke to Karen the ballet teacher the other day. After listening
to the tunes I taped for her, she's decided to do "Black and White
Rag" for her recital. It's one of my favorite rags and a real
crowd-pleaser, so I'm happy. Performance is May 13 at a high
school in the northwestern Detroit 'burbs. I'll post time and
place later.
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mary
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response 14 of 23:
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Mar 15 23:59 UTC 2000 |
Hey, at the same time John was entering this item, at home,
I was at work, on the telephone with the Michigan League,
buying tickets for the Saturday evening performance of
Mikado. I mean, at *exactly* the same time. How Zen.
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katie
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response 15 of 23:
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Mar 16 03:30 UTC 2000 |
My friend Tania, who is the keyboard player at Green Wood, is conducting
Daughter of the Regiment at Lydia Mendelssohn that night.
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katie
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response 16 of 23:
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Mar 16 03:31 UTC 2000 |
Um, not that Saturday. *This* Saturday.
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other
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response 17 of 23:
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Mar 16 06:45 UTC 2000 |
Tania Miller?
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katie
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response 18 of 23:
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Mar 16 09:47 UTC 2000 |
Yes, sir.
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other
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response 19 of 23:
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Mar 18 07:20 UTC 2000 |
I enjoyed her performance as "Bat-conductor" at the one halloween concert i've
made it to. that was much better than ken kiesler flashing us his underwear.
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katie
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response 20 of 23:
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Mar 18 14:43 UTC 2000 |
I'll see her today. I'll tell her you like her even better than Ken
Kiesler's underwear.
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other
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response 21 of 23:
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Mar 20 23:46 UTC 2000 |
<chuckle>
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diznave
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response 22 of 23:
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Mar 24 20:12 UTC 2000 |
I'm sitting in with Unkle Funkle on soprano and alto recorder tommorrow
night...next wed. night Filipe Eric and I are doing open mike ...Unkle
Funkle's at the Side Bar...the open mike's at Common Grounds coffee
house...everyone's invited to come on out to both shows
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dbratman
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response 23 of 23:
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Apr 1 01:08 UTC 2000 |
Leslie, if life were a little more free I'd be inclined to come all the
way in just to see you play Katisha. Did you know that her duet with
Ko-ko is one of Berni's and my favorite songs to sing together? (The
other is "I once was a very abandoned person" from _Ruddigore_, of
course.)
God, this is tempting. But no: I do have to stay home.
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