Archive for December, 2009
Technology
Yesterday, we were listening to a new recording of showtunes and standards that we bought last summer while on vacation. A song came on that I’d never heard before. So I researched it on Google, found out is was from a little-known broadway musical I’d never heard of, and within minutes was watching a landmark performance of it on youtube from the 1979 Tonys. This was while whizzing across western Oklahoma in a Subaru, using my iPhone. What a lucky bunch we are to live in a time when we have such resources as artists and people, and the technology to take advantage of it. I hope all of our holidays are full of joy and thankfulness.
Here is that performance of “Fifty Percent” by Dorothy Loudon.
Work
I haven’t written a blog entry in a VERY long time. Sorry about that. I kept telling myself I had too much to do, to much work, was too tired at the end of the day. It’s not that there hasn’t been great stuff to write about. A brilliant fall dance concert, a great play, an excellent parents weekend. But today, I spent some time watching the orchestra rehearse Mozart’s Sinfonae Concertante with the Concertmaster and principal Violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic as soloists. It was a long rehearsal, three hours. After the rehearsal I saw a lone violinist walking off toward the practice room. “Aren’t you tired, I asked?” “No. Just thinking about how I can play better..” And off he went to practice before the next rehearsal, which starts in two hours. Mission accomplished. And no more excuses for me.
