Oboist to perform with Symphony Orchestra Nov 9, 2009
Symphony No. 5 begins with the famous Dresden Amen and ends in a flute solo based on "A Mighty Fortress is Our God.". Following intermission, the JCSO Chorus, under the direction of Beth Dampf and accompanied by Beth Echols, will join conductor Steven Houser on stage to perform excerpts of George Handel's "The Messiah.". (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Taylors Symphonic Band's concert Nov 9, 2009
To close the evening, TSB presented their arrangement of Love Story Meets Viva La Vida, starting with the cello-strumming and moving rendition with the cello, viola, piano and flute, making the audiences hearts flutter and mesmerized. Later, the whole band performed the grand heart-pumping Viva la Vida to wrap up the concert. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Teen snags performance in holiday parade Nov 8, 2009
Cassandra Petrilla has been one of 300 students selected to perform as part of the Macy s Great American Marching Band during the famous holiday event (Somerset Daily American, PA)
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Saturday, November 07, 2009. Church marks anniversary with concert. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Church marks anniversary with concert Nov 8, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009. By DEBRA HAIGHT - H-P Correspondent. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Shaffer brings music to Ed Tech Center Nov 6, 2009
I play piano and I play flute mostly. Im learning to play bass with the band and Ill be singing. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Mozart: Freemason Nov 6, 2009
Is The Magic Flute a Masonic Work ... There are elements within Flute that can be seen as symbolic of Masonry, but the issue has not been settled ... It is much less certain that Mozart s opera The Magic Flute was intended as a Masonic work. (Suite101.com)
Heitor Villa-Lobos Celebration at Americas Society Nov 5, 2009
The second concert of our celebration of Villa-Lobos' music will explore a lesser-known side of his productions with performances of rarely heard, early chamber works for voices and instruments, including the Suite for violin and voice; the Sextuor Mystique; the Quatuor for harp, celesta, flute, and sax with voices; and the Poma da criana e sua mam. This program is part of the 4th Latin American Culture Week in New York City. (AbsoluteArts.com)
First Hand - composer opportunities & new music events - November 2009 Nov 5, 2009
Pieces should be un-premiered, under 6 minutes, and scored for between 3 and 6 of the following instruments: Flute (Piccolo), Clarinet (E-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet), Violin, 'Cello, Piano, and Percussion (1 player). The winning composer will receive four performances of the piece and a recording. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Lawyers sue, men plunder Nov 3, 2009
Even the music tragics on the ABC quiz show Spicks and Specks baulked when they heard the flute trill from Down Under in September 2007 ... A tree isn't a natural place to play a flute, you would agree ... What is a natural place to play a flute. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Meriting recognition Nov 2, 2009
Duval plays flute in the marching band. John and Abigail Adams Scholarship recipients. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Rome: one drugstore away from true greatness Nov 1, 2009
I found Colosseum snow globes (14 times), hot dogs (eight), plastic pope shrines (11), knockoff Gucci bags (12), Peruvian pan flute musicians (3) and oversize "designer" sunglasses (4,217 times), as well as three vendors with the same T-shirt explaining why beer is better than women. Ancient sophistication. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Nov 1, 2009
It has several Mozartean flourishes near the beginning, and the three-part fugato, which is pure operatic hustle and bustle, bears more than a passing resemblance to the overture of Mozart's "Magic Flute," a fact which I noticed while watching an episode of "Inspector Morse" last Saturday evening. "Things that make you go hmm.". (Salon)
Preshow added for Bok Sunset and Symphony Nov 1, 2009
With this year s theme, Fanfare for Opera, William De Turk, Singing Tower carillonneur, will perform Round O from The Moor s Revenge by Henry Purcell, Gavotte from Iphigenie in Aulis by Christoph W. von Gluck and a selection from The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart. Visitors are encouraged to bring picnics, lawn chairs or blankets, insect repellent and flashlights. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Top Plains Indian dancers 'Come to the Center' Nov 1, 2009
Flute: Morning Star Song ... Flute Song - Kahomine. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Sit in with the band Oct 30, 2009
"We want to be surprised and we kind of want to be delighted by being surprised. We've have had all kinds of horns, we've had a flute, guitars, singers, bass players, keyboard players. Anything.". There is no specific kind of musical genre or type of musician that the band wants to perform with, they just want to play, Wylie said. (Juneau Empire)
Down Under musician says he's dinkum Oct 30, 2009
THE musician who created the catchy flute riff for the hit pop song Down Under in 1979 says he did not know it echoed the children's folk song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree ... Ham, a member of the world-famous Australian band Men At Work from 1979 to 1985, plays a flute in a mangrove tree next to a fake koala in the music video of Down Under, which went to No. 1 in Australia, the US and Britain ... Even if it was an infringement, they argue Larrikin is ''over-reaching'', saying many of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Symphony spooks spectators Oct 30, 2009
Nora Kile, music professor and symphony flute player, said she will perform in the upcoming Halloween event ... "It was funny to see her huge frog fingers playing the flute," Kile said. (The University Echo, TN)
Taiwan symphony orchestra debuts in Beijing Oct 30, 2009
Since its establishment, the Orchestra has performed such well-known works as "The Magic Flute" and "La traviata", and a few large-scale original performances like opera "The 100th Bride", and dance drama "Going to Xikou". Editor: Fang Yang. (Xinhuanet, China)
Olympic flame handed to Vancouver organizers Oct 30, 2009
Fifteen actresses, dressed as priestesses from ancient Greece, carried olive branches and formed a circle around a cauldron while accompanied by music from a flute and drum. Car horns from drivers stuck in traffic due to the ceremony could be heard in the background. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Sends an Artist to Switzerland! PLUS Hamlet, BAM, and Trixie Little on Halloween! Oct 29, 2009
Also performing will be the flute/percussion duo, Due East (Greg Beyer, Erin Lesser), who will present John Supko's epic Littoral with video by Kristine Marx ... Supko's Littoral, for flute, percussion and computer sounds, on texts of Cees Nooteboom and Richard Hakluyt, is, according to the composer, music of shifting terrains, each with its distinct sense of time and color and space. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Continue reading Oct 29, 2009
Some are loud like the trumpets; others are quieter like the flutes and clarinets ... He started out as a flute player, inspired by Robert Grindel, his music teacher at Garfield Elementary who played the flute ... Grindle gave Andy his flute when Andy started high school. (Selma Enterprise, CA)
Thorpe moves to scuttle doping claims Oct 29, 2009
October 26, 2009 08:58pm AEDT. IAN Thorpe has provided the country's drug testing agency with medical evidence in an attempt to clear his name of doping. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
Skip to Mihaylo Oct 29, 2009
She plays lead flute now, but she wants to branch out. It will add a lighter sound to the band, Drew says. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Flute in dispute but koala was sitting in an old mangrove tree Oct 29, 2009
But he had not heard the popular folk song as a child, had only been made aware of its similarities with Down Under's famous flute riff in about 2002, and still did not know all the words to Kookaburra, he told the Federal Court yesterday ... Hay told the court he wrote the song with Ron Strykert around 1978 and that Men at Work's Greg Ham later improvised the flute part for the 1981 recording ... I never actually gave any thought to what Greg was playing as far as the melody of the flute. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Local author unveils first book for children's story time Oct 28, 2009
Children's musical toys including tambourines, pan flutes and a drum, were handed out to the children so that they could parade around the reading room of the library in a manner that emulated the Jimmy Buffet song "Quietly Making Noise." ... "I liked reading the story but I really liked doing the parade," 5-year-old Ria Gollihugh of Flagler Beach said, reluctantly pausing from her pan flute composition. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Marie Zuvela Oct 28, 2009
Music was provided by JoAnne Sjoholm on organ and Janet Zuvela on flute. Burial was in Everett at Evergreen Cemetery. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Prophet Jeremiah's Call for Change -- a Warning and an Appeal for Repentance Before the Coming Judgment Oct 28, 2009
He joined the prestigious Auburn High School Band where he became a first-chair flute player. Upon leaving high school, he went to Auburn University where he earned bachelor degrees in aerospace engineering and chemistry. (Primezone Releases)
Tower to the people Oct 28, 2009
Larrikin Music, which owns the copyright to the 1934 song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, alleges Men At Work pinched their famous flute ''hook'' from its children's folk tune and wants backdated royalties - including licence fees from Qantas ads and the film Finding Nemo - and a share of future profits. Andrew Ford, the composer and ABC broadcaster, sang parts of his evidence and played others on a keyboard, and a Men At Work video clip featuring the aforementioned Belgian was played to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Another Season of “Ovations” Performances for Calaveras this Winter Oct 28, 2009
It takes only a moment to acknowledge the profound spirituality of the sacred Native American flute, its historical courtship and wooing attributes ... With rich vibrato and notes that melt into your heart, Mary Youngblood takes the artistry of Native American flute music to its highest level. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Down Under riff not important, singer tells court Oct 28, 2009
Men at Work's lead singer Colin Hay has denied that the famous flute riff in the band's 1981 hit Down Under is the most important element of the song and that he was aware at the time of its similarities to a children's folk tune ... and mostly in solo performance [without the flute part ... "In those 30 years no one has ever come up to me and asked me about where the flute was," Hay told the Federal Court today after playing an acoustic version of the song in the witness box. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Montemezzi Opera L'Amore dei Tre Re Oct 27, 2009
At the signal of a flute, Flaminio, who is still loyal to Avito, leads Archibaldo out of the hall. Fiora and Avito enter; Avito worries about spies, and Fiora tries to reassure him. (Suite101.com)
Down Under riff based on folk song, court hears Oct 27, 2009
The famous flute riff in the hit pop song Down Under is an "unmistakable reproduction" of an Australian folk song and has made money from it without permission in several recordings, Qantas advertisements and the trailer for the film Finding Nemo, the Federal Court has heard. Larrikin Music - which owns the rights to the 1930s song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree - is suing the band Men at Work and their record publisher EMI, alleging copyright infringement and breaches of the Trade... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Mom doesn't always know best: 3 common parenting slip-ups Oct 26, 2009
Your daughter is starting to play the flute and wants to show you what she learned during her lesson ... So even though your flute playing daughter may be out of tune, you still can give her a genuine pat on the back by saying, "I'm so proud of you for learning an instrument, trying something new and sharing it with me. If you keep practicing, you'll keep getting better.". (Florida Today)
Heavenly look at the Cosmos Oct 26, 2009
Dazzling with jasmine flowers and broad smiles'', they are searching through a forest for Krishna, ''the infallible one'', whose seductive flute music has beguiled each woman into thinking the music is for her alone. Don't they look a bit like women in an 18th-century version of Sex And The City. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
• Southeast honors music Oct 25, 2009
Teslin Benedict, flute. Fiona Brown, tenor sax. (Juneau Empire)
Korean cultural extravaganza to mark 50th anniversary of MalaysiaKorea ties Oct 24, 2009
Won, on the other hand, won worldwide recognition for his prowess on the daegeum or large transverse bamboo flute because he created his own style of daegeum sanjo, a solo improvisational folk music that is acclaimed among his peers. He has performed in 50 countries, counting Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre among the venues. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
CHS band students win 130 medals at state solo contest (9) Oct 24, 2009
They are Patrick Broadwell, alto saxophone; Grace Choe, flute; Max Ginnell, percussion; Shawn Izadi, baritone saxophone; Shaan Patel, trombone; and Paul Blazek, bass clarinet ... CHS students earning a second division silver medal are flutes: Hannah Allen, Neha Dubey, Morgan Harnois, Christine Kim, Sam Kim, Ava Lindstrom, Shin Loo, Allison Lyon, Isabel Olivas, Sarah Omar, Ashley Park, Lisa Richardson and Jennifer Song; piccolo: Morgan Mosely and Brenna Walden; oboe: Avery Griffiths, Vicky Kao,... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Oct 23, 2009
He's joined by flute and vibraphone expert Roger Glenn and a regular rotation of extroverted piano talent, including Marcos Silva (tonight), Larry Dunlap (Friday) and David K. Mathews (Saturday). 6-9 p.m., free, all ages. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chetek students selected for tri-state honors band Oct 22, 2009
Selected to the gold band from Chetek were Rachel Sheehan, a sophomore who plays clarinet; Olivia Jensen, a freshman who plays clarinet; Cassie Hoff, a senior who plays flute; Liz Pasholk, a junior who plays flute; and Ed Martin, a junior who plays trombone. Selected to the black band were Nikki King, a junior who plays clarinet; Heather Jahn, a senior who plays trumpet; Lacey Loftus, a senior who plays flute; Kelly Damroth, a senior who plays oboe; and Derek Westholm, a junior who plays... (Chetek Alert, WI)
World-renowned flutist to speak, perform at next Rotary meeting Oct 22, 2009
Practice what you preach could very well be the mantra for Alan Weiss, sales and marketing manager for the William S. Haynes Company, the world s oldest and finest handmade flute maker (since 1888) ... In addition to his talk about the historical growth of his unique company over the past 121 years, Weiss will perform a mini-recital concert on his rare custom hand-crafted Haynes flute, accompanied by his personal pianist Deborah DeWolfe Emery ... Weiss was a flute professor and the director of... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Golden flute lights fuse for a flaming string serenade Oct 20, 2009
In Carl Vine's Pipe Dreams and Jose Serebrier's Flute Concerto with Tango the flautist, Sharon Bezaly, was a soloist of brilliance, polished control and deft agility. Her sound has the soft glow characteristic of the golden flute she plays and she draws from it gentle richness and evenness ... au/news/entertainment/arts/golden-flute-lights-fuse-for-a-flaming-string-serenade/2009/10/19/1255891771667. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What's happenin' Sunday Oct 18, 2009
The artists are Mark Hayden, guitar; David Kerr, violin; and Janet Shuttlesworth and Sutton Smith, both on flute. They will play pieces by Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Rodrigo, Joplin and Schultze, among others. (Montana Standard, MT)
Academy student plays with famous flautist Oct 18, 2009
His chance meeting with Pedro Eustache, a famous flute player and composer, resulted in performing before 12,000 people at an international music festival. Yet, when replaying the unlikely series of events, Tartir expressed little personal surprise at all. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Smartphone symphonies Oct 18, 2009
One bizarre application, called , even lets people create flute sounds by blowing into their phone's built-in microphone while touching the screen to select various notes. "There's been an absolute explosion in [music] production on mobile devices across all kinds of different platforms," said Peter Kern, editor-in-chief of. (CNN -- International)
Young artists design helps 2009 Crop Walk Oct 17, 2009
When time allows, Yifan plays the flute and Alyssa the clarinet. Both girls are also active in their school s Envirothon Club, which participates in knowledge competitions with other schools on science and ecology. (Concord Journal, MA)
How about some Blues Travelin music? Oct 17, 2009
That flute intro ed, drum segue at 6:40 is just the best there is. I saw KL do it at Chastain. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oct 16, 2009
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Multi-instrumental Oct 16, 2009
Green has astounded audiences across the country with his diversity on a multitude of string, flute and percussion instruments from all over the world ... He also has studied ethnic instruments, including the Indian Bansuri Flute and many others with players from around the world. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Peter Brady takes the prize Oct 16, 2009
She usually serves it at Flash s in a champagne flute garnished with pineapple. We re all about fun glasses and ostentatious garnishes at Flash s, she said. (Boston Globe)
Family fun (2) Oct 15, 2009
Feb. 12, 13 The Fancy Flute. April 16, 17 Sensational Strings. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
For the teachers and parents of musicians, celebrate Oct 15, 2009
And something very predictable happens at weddingspeople get all pent up with all kinds of emotions, and then theres some musical moment where the action of the wedding stops and someone sings or plays the flute or something. And even if the music is lame, even if the quality isnt good, predictably 30 or 40 percent of the people who are going to cry at a wedding cry a couple of moments after the music starts. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Left for dead, Carmina Salcido is back (25) Oct 15, 2009
She says she plays 11 instruments by rote, including the organ, piano, violin, guitar, oboe and flute. And, according to those who've heard her, she sings like an angel. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Masterclass and recital Oct 15, 2009
Broffitt will present a masterclass at 2 p.m. featuring local flute students Jennifer Antkowiak of Peru, Bethany Papillon of Sheridan and Tiffany Morrison of Morris ... Broffitt is the assistant professor of flute at Western Illinois University and flutist in the Camerata Woodwind Quintet ... Previous to this appointment, she served as second flute in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and was the piccoloist in the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Valley Rhythms (27) Oct 15, 2009
Keyboardist and vocalist Jimmy Frank with Geton on flute perform jazz, blues and originals every Saturday from 7 until 9 p.m. followed by late night Reggae bands or DJs from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. ... Jimmy Frank with Geton on flute perform every Monday and Tuesday. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Teen sets high goals Oct 14, 2009
A participant in volleyball, basketball and track at Shoshone-Bannock, Nevada also enjoys beading, and is the process of building a flute through the Native American Art class offered at the school. Students will also compose traditional music for the instruments. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
"Wild Things" Writer Sendak, Ever-Untamed Oct 14, 2009
He's not only written other classic children's books like "In the Night Kitchen" and "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" but also collaborated on operas (Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with director Frank Corsaro, "Brundibar" with playwright Tony Kushner), illustrated adult books (Herman Melville's "Pierre") and co-founded the Night Kitchen Theatre. Sendak says he no longer feels tied to "Wild Things.". (CBS News)
Frisco Arts Festival Friday-Sunday honors Art Starters (PHOTOS) Oct 14, 2009
Music programs include groups, private lessons, all levels and ages including adults in guitar disciplines (acoustic, electric, classical and Bass), voice, violin, banjo, mandolin, flute, percussion disciplines (drums, mallets) and more. Music is fun but even more importantly is an exceptional tool to build discipline, team work, self-esteem and is proven to enhance student's test scores in math. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Apache Jii festival in Globe Oct 13, 2009
Entertainers expected to perform during the celebration include Joseph Leal, who plays original music on his Native American flute, singer and hoop dancer John Sneezy, dance groups from San Carlos Junior High School and Globe High School, the St. Charles Crown Dancers and the Pollen Trail Dancers. In addition to the entertainment, the celebration features more than 100 vendor booths, where visitors can shop for handcrafted items ranging from pottery and jewelry to clothing and dolls, and chat... (AZCentral -- Travel)
Tufts University presents faculty chamber music concert Oct 13, 2009
Tufts Applied Music Faculty members Nina Barwell, Hisako Hiratsuka, Nando Michelin, Diane Richardson and Sarita Uranovsky will present various works for violin, flute, piano and jazz. The program will include works by Beethoven, C.P.E. Bach, Katherine Hoover, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk and Abbey Lincoln. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Perfection's even better with a few flaws Oct 12, 2009
The Online Etymology Dictionary lists them as: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry, lyric art), Euterpe (music, especially flute), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy) and Urania (astronomy). Reach Glynn Moore at (706) 823-3419 or. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Grey Squirrel (Emory H. Perkins) sits in his teepee awaiting visitors to \'make a joyful noise\' with him at Alligator Fest Friday. ANTONIA ROBINSON/ Lake City Reporter Oct 11, 2009
He is teaching throughout the event how to make a joyful noise through drums, flutes and handshakers. Visitors to his tee pee might hear a tale of how a young lad wooed a maiden with the first flute or a story about a trickster, he said. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Elvis Costello performs to sell-out gig in Singapore Oct 11, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. So by way of an introduction, I suppose I'm trying to guess what songs people would be curious to hear. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Riordan, S.F.'s elite high school marching band Oct 10, 2009
"Then I got more into it." By his junior year, Tan was on flute marching down Main Street at Disneyland during spring break. By his senior year, he is in the white pants and white bucks worn by the drum major. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Greater Cleveland Flute Society Presents Recital and Masterclass with Jan Vinci Sunday, Oct. 18 Oct 10, 2009
Source: Greater Cleveland Flute Society ... Vinci's program includes "Fantasie" by George Hue, "Black Anemones" by Joseph Schwantner, "Theme and Variations on Nel Cor Piu" by Theobald Boehm, "Mei" by Kazuo Fukushima, "Sonata" by Robert Muczyinski, and "Lullaby for 2 flutes and piano" by Jennifer Higdon ... Established in 1997, the Greater Cleveland Flute Society (GCFS) provides opportunities for flutists of all backgrounds to support and learn from one another and guest artists. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
