It was a rainy day. I visited a friend. I coloured with my wife. I practiced the trumpet and the piano. I gave my web site a refresh and added some new content. I also did this:
Category: music
Winter Brass played at the Finnish Home
happiness
Beauty and the Beast
Saw Beauty and the Beast yesterday with my dear wife. Today found this in the basement. Four years ago I could play it, but I stopped using the Alfred basic adult piano course (a series of books for self-guided instruction). You know what? I’m going to start using them again.
Hmm what happened here?
A collection of themes, mostly written for the movies.
I like Holly Cole, but was really wanting to include “I Will Wait For You” from “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” as sung by Danielle Licari, who sang the songs on the movie soundtrack.
Here’s a track from YouTube: https://youtu.be/Yj6hI5g15aQ
First time playing in a jazz band!
Songs we’re playing at Interlochen Adult Band Camp this summer
Final Set List for Summer Fun Gig
- Blue Bossa
- So Nice
- Boplicity
- Take Five
- Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
- I Could Write A Book
- My One And Only Love
- Four
- Song For My Father
Summer concert band repertoire!
Short Ride in a Fast Machine: John Adams, trans. Lawrence Odom
Masque: Francis McBeth
Arabesque: Samuel R. Hazo
Symphonic Concert March: Giouse Bonelli, arr. Falcone
Alleluia, Laudamus Te: Alfred Reed
Centennial Fanfare and March: Roger Nixon
Festive Overture: Dmitri Shostakovich
Variations on a Korean Folk Song: John Barnes Chance
Commando March: Samuel Barber
Proudly We Hail, Star Spangled Banner: John Stafford Smith, arr. Brian Balmages
America, the Beautiful: Samuel Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon
That’s a lot of music for a one-week band camp! Plus there’s “more coming soon!”