Archive for July, 2008

Sweet Caroline: Opera soprano a rising star - Post-Bulletin

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Sweet Caroline: Opera soprano a rising star
Post-Bulletin, MN - 4 hours ago
I mostly was a piano player and did a lot of accompanying for singers, but in my junior year at Luther College, I heard a recital by the woman who's

Argentine pianist Adrián Iaies gives jazz a tango lesson - Georgia Straight

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Argentine pianist Adrián Iaies gives jazz a tango lesson
Georgia Straight, Canada - 7 hours ago
So I’m making a conversation between two crazy piano players talking about a third crazy piano player, and this is the result.” Allusions to Evans, Lewis,

Local colour to spice up our holiday reading - Birmingham Post

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Local colour to spice up our holiday reading
Birmingham Post, UK - 8 hours ago
"I recently, regrettably, attended a recital of four Beethoven sonatas given by an internationally lauded player in a large hall.

'He was a joy to be with' - Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Ottawa Citizen
'He was a joy to be with'
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 14 hours ago
"He was a great piano player and he played at every opportunity," his close friend, Val Sears, said. Mr. Sears was the Ottawa bureau chief for the Toronto

A chopped violin finger, a piano with a flat tire - Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Ottawa Citizen
A chopped violin finger, a piano with a flat tire
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 14 hours ago
Lemelin says Robert is going to be fine, but if you're a player at this year's festival, you might want to ask a friend to do your dicing and chopping for

Player piano is a time machine - Los Angeles Daily News

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Player piano is a time machine
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - 15 hours ago
"I've had my player piano for over 50 years. My parents bought it when I was a kid," said Jack Shear of Calabasas, enjoying his 80-year-old, museum-quality

Schlenker crosses the line for Shrine Game - Rutland Herald

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Schlenker crosses the line for Shrine Game
Rutland Herald, VT - 15 hours ago
He is a very talented musician, piano player, actor and dancer. "I would love to go to a school where I could balance football and the arts," Schlenker said

Accordion players attend Dominican camp, make 'beautiful music' - Marin Independent-Journal

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Accordion players attend Dominican camp, make 'beautiful music'
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Jul 30, 2008
Smiell said the beauty of the piano accordion - which includes a piano keyboard opposite the squeezable bellows - is in its diversity. Accordion players

Tuesday, Jul 29th - San Francisco Bay Guardian

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Tuesday, Jul 29th
San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - Jul 29, 2008
Shoot the Piano Player screens at the Pacific Film Archive's program of films based on the noir fiction of David Goodis. Schedules are for Wed/30–Tues/5

Parting Words: Out On The Edge - NPR

Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Parting Words: Out On The Edge
NPR - 1 hour ago
All Things Considered, July 26, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook quotes from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Player Piano: "I want to stay as close on the edge as I can