I planned to attend, but decided to stay home and watch performances online. Good choice. The video feed worked well enough and the audio quality was decent.
Highlights:
Military Band Tuba and Euphonium Section Playing (informative/useful)
Composition Contest Winners Recital
Euphonium Recital/Grand Concert performance by Mitsuru Saito (The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.)
Ophicleide Recital (Neat!)
Eh:
Leonard Falcone tribute (Couldn't sit through it; I would have given the presenter the hook)
Gentle Practice (Couldn't sit through it; Please: play brilliantly, but leave the philosophical nonsense at home)
U.S. Army Blues guest soloists (Straight ahead jazz-like; Impressive from a technical perspective to some degree, but dull when the audience knows where solos are going before they get there)
Why aren't cutting edge improvisational musicians like Dan Peck, Kristoffer Lo, Robin Hayward etc. included at these events? They may not be everyone's cup of tea (that's fine; give them a listen and decide), but at least it's something different. These events have changed little from those which I attended in the late 1990s/early 2000s (and then took an extended break until last year). Same thing; different decade.
How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
Was this w/clarinet and piano??bighonkintuba wrote:
Ophicleide Recital (Neat!)
I caught that Friday and it was something you don't see every day!!
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
Hirsbrunner HB-193, handmade kaiser.
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
Yes. Pretty cool.
Three Valves wrote:Was this w/clarinet and piano??bighonkintuba wrote:
Ophicleide Recital (Neat!)
I caught that Friday and it was something you don't see every day!!
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
My opinion -- it's the wrong audience. I just spent some time on YouTube to educate myself, and I don't think that I could sit through it, nor could picture any of those performers in Brucker Hall.bighonkintuba wrote:Why aren't cutting edge improvisational musicians like Dan Peck, Kristoffer Lo, Robin Hayward etc. included at these events?
What about Willi Brandstrotter?
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
I'm not familiar with W.B., but will look for audio/video.
re: wrong audience
I guess I'm the wrong audience for Brucker Hall (for the most part...).
re: wrong audience
I guess I'm the wrong audience for Brucker Hall (for the most part...).
bort wrote:My opinion -- it's the wrong audience. I just spent some time on YouTube to educate myself, and I don't think that I could sit through it, nor could picture any of those performers in Brucker Hall.bighonkintuba wrote:Why aren't cutting edge improvisational musicians like Dan Peck, Kristoffer Lo, Robin Hayward etc. included at these events?
What about Willi Brandstrotter?
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
Willi is the tuba player for Mnozil brass.bighonkintuba wrote:I'm not familiar with W.B., but will look for audio/video.
re: wrong audience
I guess I'm the wrong audience for Brucker Hall (for the most part...).
bort wrote:My opinion -- it's the wrong audience. I just spent some time on YouTube to educate myself, and I don't think that I could sit through it, nor could picture any of those performers in Brucker Hall.bighonkintuba wrote:Why aren't cutting edge improvisational musicians like Dan Peck, Kristoffer Lo, Robin Hayward etc. included at these events?
What about Willi Brandstrotter?
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Re: How was the Army Tuba Conference? Impressions?
Ah, so that's your new or soon to be new horn....nice.. congrats...Rick Denney wrote: Hirsbrunner HB-193, handmade kaiser.
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