Tchaik 5 horn solo - Pittsburgh Youth Symphony - Heinz Hall (this evening, Sunday 5-18-25)

...confidence...music...nerves of steel...


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Y51T63c3dI


returned home earlier today from Scout camp:
zipline, climbing, repelling...
...' will probably earn the Eagle rank ...

Were it that all conference recitals were recorded and permanently uploaded, I wonder if the number of those requesting recitals would go up, go down, or remain the same.

I sort of liked the strategy that the just previous music director of a freeway philharmonic (per service orchestra of which I'm a contractee) used:

He started out with the most difficult movement or section of the most difficult piece (and about five clicks above where it's ever played) right off ...

It's really not "taught" in symphony orchestras either, at least not in my experience - from youth orchestras to full-time orchestras.
Music directors speak up when fiddles sound mousy, or when some woodwind or trombone player is not tuning their thirds in a set of exposed chords. Curiously, they ...

I’m thinking some good old fashioned fife and drum.

Pershing’s Own.

Lots of horses.

Invite the only Army Air Corps Band.

A field band or three. :huh:

And tanks baby, lot’s of tanks! :tuba:


I sort of doubt if they still do, but the Army used to run their tanks through occupied Germany ...

I can troll and troll and troll, particularly when I've got a little bit of single malt sipping whiskey and Svengoolie is on.

Waste of taxpayer’s money…..just to stroke an ego


I think we should continue spend huge amounts to work to try to dim the sun, while at the same time putting up millions of solar panels - which await tornadoes and hail storms...

and also paint asphalt on a street in D.C. to celebrate a corrupt ...

o-m haters are programmed to dislike whatever action is taken and regardless of whether it's a wonderful idea or not, but - truth be told - a defense (in order to actually be one) needs to feature a whole bunch of testosterone, and ours has purposefully and purposely been greatly drained of it. The ...

That's what program notes are for.
If an ensemble wants to be really cheesy, they can do a QR code for program notes.
Tell me if I'm wrong:
Didn't Sousa band era concerts utilize sliding cards on a stand to indicate what the next number (or act) was going to be?

Fiddling around on stage (even to the point of running excerpts from the concert itself) followed up by the E.D. running their mouth five to ten minutes AFTER the concert is supposed to start...THEN some "tuning" b.s...

all (most of you would call) "un-professional".

I would label it ANTI ...

I'm not sure what the uniparty really thinks about loud orangetalk of putting an end to various countries sending off young men to be killed. It seems to me that they are likely panicking, as fewer arms sales = fewer campaign contributions and outright kickbacks...as well as this putting a dent in ...

I love trolls.

... but you forgot to begin the title of your thread with the word, "tariff".

double buzz:
(warning...off-topic/controversial/triggering/some-will-disagree-with-the-original-premise/I-don't-care/etc...)

During various life eras, I've occasionally encountered this issue.
Typically, it has been when I've been practicing (too damn much).
The lips get tired, and - on certain ...

Billy M. wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 3:26 pm Jealous and wish I could come up and listen. Midway is my favorite March by a long shot.

And the rest looks to be quite enjoyable.

Have fun, Bloke!

Williams changed up the bass line in Midway when it started becoming monotonous, so it actually has to be read.

too exhausted to practice for the last two or three days, I'm exhausted right now, but after a 30 or 45 minute nap - which is going to start right now, maybe I'll pick up the tuba and see if I can remind myself how to play it.

It has a smaller bell throat than a pig.
The sound is less gruff, more refined, yet still full.
Actually, it's a complete model of the Czech Arion model, but - having played both - somehow the Chinese version seems better. I certainly like the B&S style linkage better than the Czech style.

more ...

I sell one model of Chinese tuba that I wouldn't mind owning, but the 32" tall Holton B-flat that I "built" does just as well and suits the same purpose.
Had I play-tested that model (prior to sticking the Holton together) I probably would've have just bought myself a demo or scratch-'n'-dent one of ...

bravo

I get along just fine with two-handed pianists... :cheers:

I suspect the retreat from "dixieland" to "traditional jazz" is due to " dixie appearing in the word ie. the banned symbol/thoughts of https://i.imgur.com/LEq12Mf.png

and not that any jazz music (again: regardless of the harmonic palate ...

It's your "choice" to take whatever anyone says as an insult.
Everything posted by me in this thread is - simply - matter-of-fact.
There has not been a SINGLE thread involving economics - in this or the other tuba-chat thing that didn't start out (and end up) as a politically-oriented post.
As there ...