Chorale and Alleluia, Howard Hanson. 6th grader playing King baritone. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

arpthark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:57 pm

bloke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:50 pm Blake,
Didn't they offer you a position as a Sanders artist?

Being from Kentucky, they actually offered to make me a Sanders Colonel.

And you chickened out?!

Hopefully he got a haircut, with a good starched shirt, BEFORE that 1st rehearsal. Strong handshake preferred. Just in case they don't really need any tubas, I'm going to bring an alto sax. You know: the viola of the band. Actually had that happen last night in my band. The instrument repair tech ...

Hopefully he got a haircut, with a good starched shirt, BEFORE that 1st rehearsal. Strong handshake preferred.

At the time of a Korean Air plane being downed, back in the ‘80’s, somehow Shosty #5 got programmed a lot. We keep repeating the same mistakes.

My wife is a viola player and she makes more in a year between shows and strolling jobs than you will probably make in your whole excuse for a career.With all due respect of course. Ed Firth No, she makes decent money. The six I went to school with, 2 on Bainbridge Island, 2 on Mercer Island, and ...

Pictures can be a strange experience, based upon the intent of the tuba player. Chapped, and split lipped, the call is made to a euphonium player. Lots of community orchestras program whatever. I would also say community orchestras put a lot of stuff on the calendar, only to silently have the ...

Summer of 2007 or 2008 I was living with another family member (last name same as mine), and towards the end of the summer , I was convinced to buy a GW Alan Baer mouthpiece. It was made for my horn and seemed better than the PT 50+ I was getting tired of. It ain’t easy, being Green. I ordered some ...

Yup. My mother sent gift cards, and a personal check, with one of the cards, on Valentine’s Day. Once again, do not send signed personal checks in the mail. The have your routing, account #’s, and YOUR signature. As far as for Joe, he sometimes forgets to shut off the window AC, before he runs the la ...

I had a Vietnam vet, lost his pinky, line of duty, playing a Db piccolo. It was my hometown community band. He was a band director after that enlistment. I’m glad he never took up the viola.

The Navy Fleet bands tell the story of a MU1 that was duct taped to the Colors pole, some years ago, in Orlando, FL. I believe he was stuffed into the tuba bell for a holiday concert. Just a little penguin named Holdsworth……

Can we have ANOTHER A for the violas?!

Very good sound. You should be proud, she made the correct instrument choice.

If only, we had a screw on brain, for the viola players.

Craig F wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 6:33 pm

Schlitzz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 5:35 pm I like cheese.

Have you tried broccoli with cheese sauce?

Yes, but nothing really changed. I wasted good cheese, on, (FML), broccoli.


Have a nice day Mr Spiccoli…..

I like cheese.

I'm convinced, that 99.9% of those working in shipping, were born, raised in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Also, if Wade is going to change his name, it should be Shirley.

And as a reminder, here's the viola section. Just floating along, like rice puff cereals....

IMHO, you should Skype/FaceTime a guy like Bloke, Doug Elliott, etc, and get fitted. I’m 6’11” and get fitted for everything now. Clothes, car seat modifications…..

So how did it go with the b Five?