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Grex > Music3 > #200: Grexers on Stage - Fall 2005 Edition | |
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happyboy
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response 4 of 53:
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Oct 11 16:57 UTC 2005 |
i've heard a cello used in an old time band...do-able.
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krj
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response 5 of 53:
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Oct 11 17:41 UTC 2005 |
(( Fall Agora #31 <---> Music #200 ))
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mary
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response 6 of 53:
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Oct 11 20:50 UTC 2005 |
On the cello will be the wife of the guy on the banjo. So there,
smarty pants! ;-) I think she mostly picks out a baseline and
hopes to keep up with the pianist, who moves right along.
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remmers
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response 7 of 53:
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Oct 11 23:38 UTC 2005 |
Cello is fairly common in ragtime ensembles, particularly larger groups.
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scott
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response 8 of 53:
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Oct 12 03:44 UTC 2005 |
Cello can do a pretty convincing bassline, if used correctly. The old
recordings from The Ink Spots used a low-tuned cello, and more recently Vienna
Teng (at the Ark Oct 31 and Nov 1) has a cellist who sometimes does jazz-style
bass parts.
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edina
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response 9 of 53:
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Oct 12 04:25 UTC 2005 |
I never realized that cello played a part in old Scottish music - until my
mother inundated me with Alasdair Fraser playing with Natalie Haas. It's
really lovely.
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mary
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response 10 of 53:
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Oct 12 11:37 UTC 2005 |
There will be a piano and cello duo performing at the Ragtime Bash. I
suspect they'll be playing one of my favorite ragtime pieces, Bethena.
The cellist carries the melody for a good part of it. But mostly, it
simply works well with that instrumentation.
I've heard it said that the cello is the instrument that most closely
mimics the human voice in both tenor and articulation. Not sure I agree
with that, but it can be a beautiful, expressive sound, all by itself.
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edina
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response 11 of 53:
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Oct 12 15:54 UTC 2005 |
I don't love Yo-Yo Ma for nothing.
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albaugh
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response 12 of 53:
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Oct 12 19:45 UTC 2005 |
As opposed to Yo Ma-Ma. ;-)
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naftee
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response 13 of 53:
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Oct 12 20:01 UTC 2005 |
unlucky
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katie
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response 14 of 53:
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Oct 12 21:52 UTC 2005 |
I will be singing duets with Don White at the Ark on Nov 19, and with
Matt Watroba at the Ark on Nov 25. On Dec 9 I headline at Green Wood
Coffee House, accompnaied by turns with The Usual Suspects, Matt Watroba's
Jukebox Folk Quartet and my vocal harmony trio, All About Eve.
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arabella
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response 15 of 53:
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Oct 23 04:56 UTC 2005 |
Here's an incredibly late concert notice:
On Sunday, Oct. 23 (later today), the Vocal Arts Ensemble (which
includes me) will present a concert at the First Congregational
Church, at First and William Sts. Time, 4 PM, admission, $10.
All of the works on the program are settings of texts by English
poets, including John Donne, Shakespeare, W.H. Auden, the Beatles...
It promises to be a very cool show, which will last about an hour.
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remmers
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response 16 of 53:
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Oct 24 17:59 UTC 2005 |
(I'm happy to report that the Vocal Arts Ensemble concert was indeed
very cool.)
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other
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response 17 of 53:
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Oct 25 03:46 UTC 2005 |
It's after the fact, but I didn't know beforehand that it would happen:
This evening I made a brief appearance onstage at the Power Center
during Al Gore's address on Global Climate Change. Yes, _that_ Al Gore.
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remmers
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response 18 of 53:
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Oct 31 17:35 UTC 2005 |
This Wednesday, November 2, my impromptu ragtime ensemble (piano, banjo,
cello) will descend on The Ark in Ann Arbor for Open Stage Night in
hopes of doing a 10-minute set.
Performers' names are selected at random, so if more aspiring performers
show up that there are slots available, we might not get to play.
Entertainment starts at 8pm. Tickets are sold at the door. The Ark is
located at 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. See http://www.theark.org for
further details.
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tsty
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response 19 of 53:
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Nov 1 16:48 UTC 2005 |
conflicts, damn conflicts.... i want to see this but aacs meeting
is the 1st wednesday obligation. dammit.
hope it goes well.
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aruba
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response 20 of 53:
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Nov 2 18:51 UTC 2005 |
Carol and I will be having dinner at 6:45 at Middle Kingdom, and then going
over to the Ark to hear the Remmers Trio. You're all welcome to join us.
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remmers
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response 21 of 53:
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Nov 2 22:58 UTC 2005 |
We're currently trying to decide on a name for the trio...
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mcnally
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response 22 of 53:
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Nov 2 23:52 UTC 2005 |
I suppose "Remmersmania" is already taken..
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i
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response 23 of 53:
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Nov 3 02:38 UTC 2005 |
R^3, pronounced "ar cubed" or "Ark Ubed" (two syllables) comes to mind.
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edina
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response 24 of 53:
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Nov 3 03:53 UTC 2005 |
Remstein.
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other
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response 25 of 53:
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Nov 3 15:13 UTC 2005 |
"Snord"
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remmers
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response 26 of 53:
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Nov 3 15:37 UTC 2005 |
We're still looking for a permanent name, but for purposes of putting
something into the hat we chose "Apex Ragtime Trio" (banjoist Erik's
suggestion). Ragtime ensembles often name themselves after particular
ragtime pieces -- for instance, Scott Joplin wrote "Paragon Rag", and
there's a Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. We may go that route.
There were more names in the hat than slots on the program, but our
ticket was drawn and we got to perform - late in the evening, act #14
out of a total of 16. We did Charles Johnson's "Fun on the
Levee" (1917)and Joseph Lamb's "Bohemia Rag" (1919). Two fun pieces,
and the audience appeared to enjoy them. I'm happy to report that The
Ark has an eminently playable Yamaha grand piano and a fine sound man.
Known Grexers in the audience were mary, aruba, and krj.
I'd not been to an Open Stage Night at the Ark before and thought the
overall quality was pretty good. As expected, there were a number of
singer-songwriters of varying quality sporting guitars or playing the
piano (wish I could remember the names of the ones I especially liked).
The highlight for me was an amazing mandolin/guitar/percussion trio from
Portland, Oregon called "Sneakin' Out" who did a hilarious medley of the
Stones' "Paint It Black" and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. They're in
Michigan for a few days doing gigs in Flint, Detroit, and elsewhere.
Schedule is on their website, http://www.sneakinout.com . You should
catch their act if you can.
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aruba
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response 27 of 53:
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Nov 4 00:03 UTC 2005 |
They were definitely ringers. And a lot of fun.
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mary
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response 28 of 53:
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Nov 4 00:15 UTC 2005 |
I also enjoyed the young woman who was up early on, singing her
own stuff. What a voice. And the blonde woman near the very end
of the evening with the song she'd written over twenty some years.
Mostly, I was very amazed at the talent and variety, for free.
Joni would be pleased.
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