Monday, March 1, 2010

Chamber Strings

Today we invited new members to Chamber Strings...but because of the MASK production at the end of this week, various tests and projects, and other conflicts, we had a small group to read through new music. In attendance were:

Joe Sipzner
Arianna Barnum
William Wang
Marko Crnkovic
Catie Rafferty
Emma Pearson
Karthik Ramesh
Andrea Long
Naila Brown
Cody Ingraham
Asaph Ko

Our concert has been tentatively rescheduled for March 24th, but I'll have more information on that coming soon.

Today, we read through two of our new pieces: Dance of Iscariot by Kurt N. Mosier and O Mio Babbino Caro by Puccini and arranged by James "Red" McLeod. In general, the group's sight reading has greatly improved, and I can't wait to hear the level of musicality that we can achieve by the end of this year!

If you'd like to hear a recording of Puccini's original work, I recommend this youtube video of Renee Fleming. Ms Fleming attended the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam before continuing study at The Julliard School in New York City.