August 2010
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The Piano: Remix
How do you turn an ordinary, nearly boring baby grand piano into a piece that glimmers in its place and excites those around it?
A better question - how do you stand out at among vendors lining 30 blocks in the Hawthorne District to attract new students into an up-and-coming place for cooperative music education in the SE?
Paint!
All I have to say is a huge thank you to Damian Zari of...
July 2010
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Can I borrow your flute? →
The Flute Alliance’s Flute Fandango 2010 on August 6th is shooting to collect 2,010 flautists of all levels to break the Guinness Book World Record for the Largest Flute Ensemble - neat! The piece is newly composed by Phyllis Louke for piccolo, flute, alto, bass, and contra-bass. Plus, it’s for a good cause - the Music Education Assistance Project, an organization that assists...
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Amore Opera through the Ages
amore (noun) Italian. love; a feeling of great affection: A big pizza pie; that’s amore!
love (noun) 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. 3. passion or desire. 4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart. 5. (used in direct address as a term of...
June 2010
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Let's hope this is what we're becoming ... →
… well minus the divorce and foreclosure.
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Let the experiment begin!
The teachers had a great gathering the other day to discuss and plan their summer experiment towards creating the most musical environment possible here on Harrison Hill. What does that all mean? We’ll let you know in September. Mostly, you’ll hear more teaching in our rooms, enjoy more music at your community events, and the Cooperative Teaching Artists will become more effective...
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“A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to...”
– Charles Ives