Here are some videos from a guest recital I did at the University of Tennessee at Martin a few weeks ago. Among other things, I played Ástor Piazzolla’s Tango Etudes, originally for solo flute, in my own arrangement for multiple woodwinds soloist.
Here’s a new minor release of the Fingering Diagram Builder with a few small improvements:
Enjoy!
Federal judge and oboist Diane Wood is reportedly under consideration to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.
Wood has demonstrated a willingness to challenge her fellow jurists without offending, say lawyers and clerks who have observed her in court. Those attributes may be an asset as President Barack Obama considers her to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on an often-divided U.S. Supreme Court…
Wood, 59, who plays oboe in the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra, was one of four people interviewed by Obama last year before he picked Sotomayor.
You can read the whole article at businessweek.com. Read More “Oboist on the Supreme Court?”
The Random Note Picker web app got a facelift and a few new features. I use this mostly for quizzing my students on their scales.
Two features added by popular request: a timer function, so you can generate new groups of random notes every few seconds hands-free, and (optional) double-flats/double-sharps.
Check it out, and send me your bug reports, feature requests, or other thoughts and comments.
I’m pleased to announce some updates and improvements to the Fingering diagram builder. Thanks to all who have used it, and especially to all who have reported bugs, made suggestions, Tweeted or blogged about it, or offered compliments. And a very special thanks indeed to those who have used the “Send me reed money” link to support the FDB financially.
Go poke around the new-and-improved FDB, or read on for the full scoop. Read More “Fingering diagram builder, version 0.3”
Sy Brandon has posted his work on the fourth movement of Divertissement, the new piece for multiple woodwinds soloist. The movement, “Marche” for clarinet and piano, is energetic and full of humor. You can take a peek at the score and hear a (synthesized) recording [update: link dead].
I’m pleased to share videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital, featuring the compositions of Yusef Lateef. A few are my own adaptations for altered instrumentation.
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Congratulations on a great performance, and such great work on the adaptation. I hope you are really proud of both. I really enjoyed it!
Can any of these transcriptions be bought? I’am a bassoonist, and would love to play the bassoon rendition.
I did my own transcriptions. I’m not aware of a published bassoon version.