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So I made a string quartet arrangement for “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. We haven’t played it yet, and naturally my copy of Finale is glitchy so I really haven’t been able to listen through the whole thing and see if it even sounds good.
Despite the fact that there are no dynamics yet and I’m not [...]
The good ol’ “here comes the bride” song. You know it. And remember those lyrics you learned in elementary school? Well I am here to help you try to forget those!
Here are the real lyrics, translated from the original German (just the first couple of lines, but you get the idea):
Faithfully guided, draw near
to where [...]
For the last several weeks I haven’t had any repertoire lists posted because I’ve been trying to update them. This is no small task, and requires a lot of sitting in front of this computer which is not my favorite thing to do most days.
And yet, I realize it’s probably quite annoying to hire a [...]
I’m super-excited that our string team will get to play a rather unusual recessional piece for the wedding they’re playing this Saturday: “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson. It’s gonna rock!
This is right after they played “You Make My Dreams Come True” by Hall & Oates last weekend.
I had [...]
Today I’m geeking out on string arrangements. Well, I should say flute and string arrangements.
Here’s my short list:
Hall & Oates, “You Make My Dreams (Come True)” - this is a trio arrangement I just made for an upcoming wedding this Saturday. I think it’s a real nice arrangement if I do say so myself!
“Somewhere Over [...]
I JUST found out that we were awarded the Oregon Bride Magazine Best Ceremony Musicians for 2010!
Check out the new issue! …. more soon - we had a GREAT weekend with our weddings and I really want to share some highlights with you but right now I have to run off and get a copy [...]
Sometimes I feel like I really need to clarify how our groups work. So, I’ll give it a shot.
I. String-based groups
For all of the following groups, repertoire for both ceremony and cocktail hour/reception will be primarily or entirely classical, with fairly equal representation from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras. Flute and violin are interchangeable [...]
Biggest day of the year, no doubt. Y’all have good taste in dates! That’s only two days before our anniversary!
For this weekend, I’m looking forward to playing at the Aerie at Eagle’s Landing for the first time. I personally haven’t been there yet, so it’ll be interesting. And I get to play with Skip and [...]
We were honored to participate in the 3rd wedding ever at The Woods - a really cool new live music/event venue in Sellwood. It was originally a funeral home before the current owners converted it to its current incarnation - but trust me, it’s totally not creepy.
Here’s some copy from the Woods website:
Portland’s newest venue, [...]
… is unquestionably the Old Church. I love playing there because for whatever reason, the room really does IT for the flute. I mean, everything sounds great in there but especially flute!
So can you guess where we played a wedding today? Yep, Old Church. This was another ceremony with quite a lot going on musically. [...]