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<br />Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-84187508595209669142013-04-08T21:17:00.000-07:002013-04-08T21:17:59.795-07:00Omaha Symphonic Winds presents MONUMENTS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Omaha Symphonic Winds will present the third concert of the season, <b>MONUMENTS</b>, on Sunday, May </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">5, 2013, at 3:00 pm in the Elkhorn High School Auditorium (1402 Veterans Drive). Two monuments of the concert band repertoire, the Giannini “Symphony No. 3” and the Mennin “Canzona” will highlight the program. Featured soloist is Jaime Tyser, trumpet, who will perform the Oskar Böhme concerto in F minor. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Vittorio Giannini</b> (1903-1968) came from a well-known Philadelphia operatic family. He studied composition at the Milan Conservatory and at Julliard, and taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Curtis Institute, and North Carolina School of the Arts. Giannini created four works for band, including the Symphony No. 3, which was commissioned by Duke University in 1958. The symphony is cast in the conventional four movement forms with beautiful soaring melodies and lush harmonies. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jaime recently earned her Master of Music degree at Lynn University where she studied with Marc Reese, second trumpet of the Empire Brass Quintet. She grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance in the studio of Dr. Keith Benjamin. Jaime was a National Trumpet Competition semi-finalist in 2009, winner of the 2009 Lincoln Municipal Band Young Artist Competition, and the 2008 Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition. In the summer of 2010 she attended the summer program at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians.</span></span></div>
<br />Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-30712351944122105522013-03-06T09:36:00.000-08:002013-03-06T09:42:58.279-08:00OSW New Web Site Goes Live<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Omaha Symphonic Winds published a new web site to inform the public about its activities. The site, loacated at: </span><a href="http://www.omahasymphonicwinds.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.omahasymphonicwinds.org</span></a>,<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> contains new graphics and layout. The website contains concert posters, photographic slideshows of recent concerts, news releases, a list of repertoire performed, a schedule of upcoming concerts and rehearsals, and information about the ensemble, the conductor, and the musicians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To enjoy the photos and to learn more about OSW, just click the above link.</span>Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-43750852629847915122013-02-12T05:21:00.001-08:002013-02-12T05:24:11.428-08:00ROB McCARTNEY TO APPEAR WITH OMAHA SYMPHONIC WINDS<br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Rob grew up in an Air Force family and lived in a number of different states, he has spent more than 35-years in Nebraska, marrying a local girl, and raising three children. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln majoring in Journalism, and spent much of his time playing sports and music.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rob first came to KETV as the station's Capital Bureau Chief in 1992 and then moved to the Anchor desk in 1995. As Senior Anchor for KETV Newswatch 7, Rob has been honored with numerous awards for his work and has had the opportunity to cover stories from Bosnia, to the White House, to flying with the Blue Angels, to going into a burning house as part of a firefighting crew, to Husker National Championship games.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the concert, Rob will perform the narration on “Lincoln Portrait.” Aaron Copland assembled the script from several of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches. The work was commissioned in 1942, shortly after the United States entered World War II, by conductor Andre Kostelanetz for an upcoming concert tour. The patriotic message of Lincoln’s words have inspired audiences ever since. Rob has performed the narration on several occasions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to “Lincoln Portrait,” Omaha Symphonic Winds will also perform Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” and “Variations on a Shaker Melody.” Compositions by Leonard Bernstein will include “Candide Suite,” “Lonesome Town” from the musical <i>On the Town, </i>and the rollicking overture “Slava!”</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admission for the concert is $10 adults, $5 seniors and students, and $25 for families of 3 or more. Tickets are available at the door. For more information contact William Hall at 402.575.8220 or email <a href="http://whall@omahasymphonicwinds.org./">whall@omahasymphonicwinds.org.</a></span></span></div>
Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-57989908809005760242013-01-18T10:20:00.000-08:002013-01-18T10:23:25.928-08:00Next OSW Concert: March 10, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-26421364059543289332012-12-01T08:14:00.003-08:002012-12-01T08:17:19.252-08:00OSW Presents Sacred Christmas Program<div style="font-size: 14pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">You are invited to a Sacred Christmas Program presented by Omaha Symphonic Winds this Sunday evening, December 2, 2012, 6:00 PM at Bethel Christian Ministries, 36th and Giles, Bellevue, Nebraska. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is no cost for admission, and a free-will offering will be taken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Join OSW in celebrating Christmas with favorite carols including Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Come All Ye Faithful, Away in the Manger, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, and many more. Musical arrangements are by some of the best in the business, Warren Barker (Midnight in Bethlehem), Frank Erickson (American Christmas Festival), Alfred Reed (Greensleeves, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring), Robert W. Smith (In the Bleak Midwinter), and more. </span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxhorn/5773745790/">OSW St. Paul's Methodist Church, Papillion Nov2010 - 49</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxhorn/">Saxhorn</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxhorn/8125318881/" title="OSW at St Andrew's"><img alt="OSW at St Andrew's by Saxhorn" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8125318881_f40a26e81c.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxhorn/8125318881/">OSW at St Andrew's</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxhorn/">Saxhorn</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
American Premiere Concert, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Omaha, October 21, 2012.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-37580244121789716732012-10-22T10:29:00.000-07:002012-10-28T16:40:03.003-07:00American Premiere A Success!<!--StartFragment--><br />
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On Sunday, October 21, 2013, Omaha Symphonic Winds and violist Brett Deubner gave the American Premiere of Houston Dunleavy’s concerto for viola and wind ensemble “A Kiss Before the World’s End.” The concert was performed at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska to an appreciative audience that included collegiate viola students and their instructors as well as the general public.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brett Deubner’s solo performance was masterful in portraying the “angst and tension” as described by one audience member. Dunleavy’s concerto is dedicated to his former music student, Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reported who was captured and killed in Pakistan in 2002. Pearl’s birthday was in the month of October, and his family created the Daniel Pearl World Music Days that encourages concerts dedicated to promoting diversity and understanding throughout the world.<br />
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Other works on the program were well received by the audience including Percy Grainger’s <i>Children’s March</i>, Keith Michael Davis’ <i>A Western Plains Overture</i>, Eric Richards’ <i>Of Mythic Battles: Past and Future</i>, and Howard Hanson’s Laude” <i>Chorale, Variations, and Metamorphoses. </i>Encores for the performance were given by Brett Deubner (<i>Spectre</i>) and OSW (<i>Hands Across the Sea</i>-Sousa).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Premiere venue (St. Andrew’s) was a wonderful location. The sanctuary is very aesthetic visually while acoustically enhancing the music. Both the OSW musicians and the audience members expressed the desire for the ensemble to return to St. Andrew’s for future performances.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Omaha Symphonic Winds next concert is Sunday, March 11, 2013, at 3:00 in the Elkhorn High School auditorium (1400 Veterans Drive, Elkhorn, NE). The program features works by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.<i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Houston Dunleavy was born in
Ulster in 1962, and first immigrated to Australia in 1973.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since 1985, Dunleavy has pursued
a national and international career as a composer and conductor. His
composition teachers include Peter Tahourdin, Barry Conyngham, Donald Erb,
David Felder and Charles Wuorinen, and his conducting teachers are Roland Yeung
and Gilbert Brooks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He served as Visiting Composer
at James Madison University, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Ball State
University, the University of Florida, Georgia State University, The University
of Southern Florida, The University of Melbourne and the University of
Tasmania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dunleavy is also a former
Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra,
Senior Lecturer in Composition and Honorary Principal Fellow at the University
of Wollongong, and currently serves as an academic staff member at the
Australian Institute of Music in Sydney and Musical Director of the Sydney Male
Choir. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recent performances of his music
include the 2007 Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival, the 2008 Aurora Festival,
the 2008 Albert Roussel Festival, and The Delaware New Music Festival. In
2010, Dunleavy’s music had performances at the "Organs of the
Goldfields" Festival in Ballarat, Vic., Adelaide, Wollongong, Melbourne
and Sydney in Australia, as well as Taipei, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland,
(Oregon) in the USA, and Manchester, England. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 2011, "Flying in
Paradise" was premiered at the Tubamania Festival in Bangkok (the
Australian premiere was given at the 2011 Melbourne International Festival of
Brass). There were further performances at the 2011 Australian National Flute
Festival and in the Opera Prometheus "Sydney in Love" Festival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2011was capped off in grand
style by the world premiere (December 3, Melbourne), of Dunleavy’s
concerto for viola and symphonic winds "A Kiss Before The World's
End" given by Brett Deubner, viola and the Grainger Wind Symphony,
conducted by Roland Yeung.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recent performances include the New
Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony, the Filharmonic del Quito,
the New Symphony of Sofia and the Kiev Camerata in Ukraine. He has collaborated
with some of today’s leading conductors such as Ann Manson, Lucas Richman,
Patricio Aizaga and Rossen Milanov. Equally at home with Baroque, Renaissance
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brett Deubner’s commitment to extending
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greatest composers such as Samuel Adler, Lalo Schifrin, Andrew Rudin, David Del
Tredici and several of this generation’s leading young composers. To date, over
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a recitalist and active chamber
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Heidelberg, Norfolk, Kent-Blossom, Sitka, Juneau Jazz and Classics, CapeMay,
East Coast Carolina, Bravo in Vail, and the Windham Festival. He has
collaborated with pianist Joseph Kalichstein, Anton Nell, Marcantonio Barone,
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His many recordings include concerti as
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English Viola Romance (Eroica Classics 2005) garnered instant praise:
"This CD is a must for any fan of the viola and English music!" Minneapolis
Post, Viola Dreams (Eroica Classic 2006) Brett received rave reviews for his
recording of the 2 Viola Concertos of Frank Lewin with the New Symphony of
Sofia, Bulgaria under the baton of Phildelphia Orchestra resident conductor
Rossen Milanov (Albany 2007), and this past season, Brett’s newest CD recording
festuring Andrew Rudin’s Viola Concerto for Centaur (2010) brought great
reviews and acclaim.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Temple University's Boyer School of Music and Dance in Philadelphia and during
the summer is on the faculty at the Luzerne Music Center in Upstate New York
and the Round Top Festival Institute in Texas. Brett is the Artistic Director
of the concert series, “Music and More” in New Jersey where he makes his home.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">At 3:00 PM, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, OMAHA
SYMPHONIC WINDS will present the American Premiere of Houston Dunleavy's
concerto for viola and wind ensemble
"A Kiss Before the World's End" at St. Andrew's United Methodist
Church (15050 W. Maple) in Omaha, Nebraska. The violist is international
soloist Brett Deubner who performed the world premiere in Melbourne last
December.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Houston Dunleavy, composer of the concerto, was a
visiting composer at James Madison University, The Cleveland Institute of
Music, Ball State University, the University of Florida, and Georgia State
University, and now is a university music instructor and composer in Melbourne,
Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">While at American University in Washington, DC,
Dunleavy was journalist Daniel Pearl's voice teacher. Houston writes,
"When the news of Danny’s death came through in 2002, I, like thousands of
musicians and journalists around the world, was rocked. It took me a long time
to think about placing my reactions to all of this into music. At first, I
wanted to write a work for violin, as Danny had been a violinist. However, when
I was approached by violist Brett Deubner for a new work, I thought that a
concerto for viola might have a timbral quality that could be just as exciting
as the violin, but with an extra somberness that only the viola could
convey."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The concerto, a juxtaposition of ethnic musical
elements, begins with a keening melody on the penny whistle, while the
second section of the work, played by viola, bongos, and the entire ensemble,
presents constant interjections from a harsh, even barbaric set of chords which
represent the intrusion of barbarism into Danny’s life. This instability
of rhythm comes to an end with a lament for viola and brass chorale. Over
descending chords, one can hear the piccolo’s keening and the Middle Eastern
scales in the viola, bringing the work to a quiet close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The title, "A
Kiss Before the World's End," Dunleavy says, "reflects the
premature end of something more than the life of a good man, as tragic as that
was. Instead, it acknowledges the end of a world for those left behind as well,
and the pain and loss such an end leaves in its wake." The American
Premiere is a registered event of the 11<sup>th</sup> annual Daniel Pearl World
Music Days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Brett Deubner, soloist for the American Premiere, is
one of this generation’s most accomplished violists, and has inspired worldwide
critical acclaim for his powerful intensity and sumptuous tone. He has
performed across the United States, in nine countries on four continents.
Recent performances include concerto appearances with the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony, the Filharmonic del Quito, the New Symphony
of Sofia and the Kiev Camerata in Ukraine. Brett Deubner’s commitment to
extending the repertoire for the viola is made evident by collaborations with
some of today’s greatest composers such as Samuel Adler, Lalo Schifrin, Andrew
Rudin, David Del Tredici and several of this generation’s leading young
composers. To date, over 25 viola concerti and numerous solo and chamber works
for viola have been written for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">OMAHA SYMPHONIC WINDS is a select group of adult
musicians from the Omaha metropolitan area whose concerts feature outstanding
original band compositions and orchestral transcriptions. The ensemble was
founded in August 2009 and is a 501c3 tax-exempt public benefit corporation.
OSW presents three regular season concerts yearly, and has performed at the
2010 Nebraska Music Educators Association Professional In-service Conference
and the 2012 Nebraska State Bandmasters Association Convention. Most recently,
OSW premiered the wind band version of Jonathan Russell’s “Double Concerto for
Two Solo Bass Clarinets and Concert Band" at the 2012 International
Clarinet Association ClarinetFest in Lincoln</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">OMAHA SYMPHONIC WINDS is
led by its founder and conductor Dr. William Hall, a former member of The
United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”) and Director of Bands at Dana
College. The fifty-five member musicians of OSW are drawn from area band
directors, music teachers, retired military musicians, and area professionals.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">"Presenting a new work for viola and
wind ensemble to the American audience is indeed a privilege for us," said
Hall. "We are so excited to collaborate with an artist like Brett Deubner,
and anticipate an incredible musical experience that will not only enrich the
lives of the Omaha community, but will have reverberations throughout the
country. Following our performance, I expect many other ensembles to program
Houston Dunleavy’s concerto." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Admission for this important musical event is $10.00
adults, $5.00 seniors and students, and $25.00 for families of 3 or more. Tickets
are available by calling 404.575.8220 or at the door. For more information go
to www.omahasymphonicwinds.org.</span><span style="font-family: "Bell MT"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002, just
four months after 9/11. People around the world, along with his pregnant wife
and family, prayed for his release. Since then, he has been remembered as a
symbol of hope: a man who built bridges between diverse cultures -- as a writer
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Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up in Los Angeles, where he displayed an
insatiable curiosity for music, academics and sports. Music turned out to be an
essential form of expression for Danny and led him to become a fixture in several
bands throughout the world, where he improvised on the electric violin, fiddle,
or mandolin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aptitude for journalism became apparent as a student at Stanford University
where he graduated in 1985 with <i>Phi Beta
Kappa</i> honors. He joined the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> in 1990 starting in
the Journal's Atlanta bureau and moving successively to the Washington and
London bureaus, serving as a Middle East correspondent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the South Asia Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal. From Bombay, Pearl covered
the "war on terrorism," occasionally venturing into Pakistan. He was
retracing the steps of "shoe bomber" Richard Reid when he was
abducted in Karachi on January 23, 2002. Several weeks elapsed without word of
his fate; his murder was confirmed on February 21, 2002. Four of the kidnappers
were convicted on July 15, 2002, including mastermind Omar Saeed Sheik.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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established the Daniel Pearl Foundation to carry on his legacy, using music and
words to address the root causes of the hatred that took his life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-82325125042240584822012-09-11T17:52:00.003-07:002012-09-11T17:52:22.701-07:00OSW QR Code<img src="http://qr.kaywa.com/?s=8&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.omahasymphonicwinds.org" alt="QRCode"/>Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-83897019608461717582012-05-07T08:09:00.001-07:002012-05-28T10:16:09.627-07:00Lit Study - After The Thunderer by Ira Hearshenoriginally posted 5/7/2012. disappeared 5/15?<br />
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Literature Study<br />
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<b>After The Thunderer (1993)</b><br />
Mvt. II from Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa<br />
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<b>Ira Hearshen (b. 1948)</b><br />
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Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Vol. IV, p. 900. Here listed as the entire Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa as grade 6. NBA , WRP V (out of VII), publisher V (LudwigMasters, $75.00). 7.5 minutes, ABA form, 110 measures, quarter=48. <br />
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Lowell Graham, retired conductor of The United States Air Force Band, tells the story of how Hearshen came to compose <i>After The Thunderer</i>. Graham and Hearshen were sitting up talking late one night when Graham suggested that Hearshen, a Hollywood arranger and orchestrator, write a suite for concert band based on themes of famous American marches. <br />
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Hearshen, who has a special passion for Mahler’s <i>Symphony No. 3</i>, began musing over Graham’s suggestion when he had a stroke of inspiration. <br />
Calling Graham at 2:30 in the morning Hearshen said that he would write a slow, extended adagio in the style of the finale to the Mahler 3 but based upon themes from Sousa’s <i>The Thunderer</i>. Hearshen began singing the idea over the phone to Graham who says that he “immediately sat up in bed, wide awake. Ira now had my complete attention.” <br />
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So successful was <i>After The Thunderer</i> that Hearshen composed three more movements based on the Sousa marches, <i>Washington Post</i>, <i>Fairest of the Fair</i>, and <i>Hands Across the Sea</i>.<br />
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Cast in a slow ABA movement, the melody is an augmentation of the trio of <i>The Thunderer</i>. Tonalities pass from A-flat Major through A Minor, E-flat Major, and returning to A-flat Major. There are no difficult rhythms or technical passages. However, the Euphonium and Trombone I do have notes up to A-flat, and there is a considerable endurance challenge for Trumpet I in the upper register.<br />
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Several YouTube videos are available for viewing and comparing interpretations. By all means compare <i>After The Thunderer</i> to the Finale of Mahler’s <i>Symphony No. 3.</i> I don’t think a legitimate interpretation of the Hershean can exist without taking the Mahler into consideration.<br />
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Regarding suitablity for OSW, The writing progresses well from beginning to end. There are no exposed passages for 2nd or 3rd part players, but solo passages for bassoon, oboe, and trombone require mature players with beautiful tone, and control and endurance for the 1st trumpet. I believe that OSW could perform the piece with our limited rehearsal schedule, and that many of our players would find the music rewarding.<br />Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-27968769025242081462012-04-23T14:43:00.000-07:002012-04-23T14:53:48.355-07:00Lit Study - Blue Shades by FrankTicheliLiterature Study<br />
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<b>Blue Shades (1996) <br />
Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)</b><br />
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Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 2, p. 547. Here listed as a grade 6. NBA 5, WRP VI (out of VII), publisher, 5. 11 minutes. ABA form, 430 meaures. <br />
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Frank Ticheli is Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California. He earned degrees in composition from Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan. Among his composition teachers are: William Albright, George Wilson, Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom. <br />
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Ticheli writes band music in many grades of difficulty, and I first learned of him through “Fortress” for grade 3 bands, and then the widely-played “Cajun Folk Songs.” “Blue Shades” was commissioned by a consortium of universities and high schools, and contains several jazz/blues styles throughout. The slower middle section features the clarinet in a bluesy/torch song style, occasionally sultry and then “dirty.” Some of the closing section reminds me of the hard driving super heroes movie themes like "The Incredibles." <br />
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“Blue Shades” has featured solos for clarinet, bass clarinet, and oboe. Only the clarinet, during the slow center section, has notes in an extreme range. Among the jazz techniques utilized in the piece are pitch bending, flutter tonguing, and straight vs. swing eighth notes. Ticheli uses compositional techniques of hemiola (duple feeling in triple meter), cross rhythms, and syncopation. <br />
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Harmonically, Ticheli uses no actual blues progressions, but freely incorporates blues notes of flatted 3rds, 5ths, and 7ths, and pentatonic scales. The work is pitched in G with both major and minor modes. <br />
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This is an exciting work and musically satisfying to rehearse and perform. The piece is complicated enough to require significant rehearsal, and so, doesn’t appear to be accessible for OSW at this time. So, “Blue Shades” goes on the shelf for a while.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-77864126714562129982012-04-09T16:06:00.008-07:002012-04-09T16:16:01.130-07:00List of Titles for the Literature StudyHere’s my list of ten works for wind band that I’ve decided to include in this literature study. See the last post for criteria used for selection. Of course, there are other pieces that could be included, but, in the words of Katsumoto, “we have made a good start.”<br /><br />After The Thunderer, Ira Hearshen<br />Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli<br />Fantasies on a Theme By Haydn, Norman Dello Joio <br />Fascinating Ribbons, Joan Tower<br />Huntingtower, Ottorino Respighi <br />Sea Songs, Thomas Knox <br />Southern Harmony, Donald Grantham <br />Symphony for Band, Donald E. McGinnis<br />Theme and Fantasia, Armand Russell <br />Watchman, Tell us of the Night, Mark Camphouse<br /><br />I listened to as many as I had recordings and discovered other recordings on iTunes. At this point I have no scores to any of the pieces. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">After the Thunderer</span> was composed as an adagio in a similar vein to the adagietto in Mahler’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Third Symphony</span>. May conductors first play Sousa’s <span style="font-style:italic;">The Thunderer</span> and then Hearshen’s piece so that audiences can discover his compositional technique. I viewed a performance of this on YouTube and had an immediate attraction to the piece. At first listen the work would be attractive to our musicians and accessible to our audience. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Blue Shades</span> is a very jazzy/bluesy piece in ABA form. There is a constant rhythmic drive in the A sections with several intricate rhythms in the low woodwinds. It might be technically too difficult for 4 rehearsals. But, the work has become a standard with university and military ensembles, and some advanced high school bands have also performed it. There is an online score viewable for this piece.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn</span> is a theme with three variation/fantasies by Norman Dello Joio. Having just performed his <span style="font-style:italic;">Variants on a Mediaeval Tune</span> this fall, which many of the musicians really liked, this piece would seem a winner for us. A friend recommended this piece, since we both have a growing admiration for Dello Joio’s compositions.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fascinating Ribbons</span> is a short fanfare-like composition. I see this piece programmed a lot, so included it on our list. Joan Tower is a well-known composer in the orchestral world. It’s nice to have a piece by her in the wind band world, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Huntingtower</span> was written in the 1930s just before the passing of Respighi, the famed composer of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Pines of Rome.</span> Sometimes the word “Ballad” is used in the title on programs. I’ve never seen a score to the piece, but have listened a few times. The work is intriguing and seems to have compositional depth. I’ll need more hearings to evaluate the piece. Perhaps this is an indication of the piece’s worth, but maybe also that it’s too difficulty for 4 rehearsals. There’s a wonderful recording by Col. Lowell Graham and the USAF Band on the album <span style="font-style:italic;">Songs of the Earth</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sea Songs</span> is completely unknown to me, except by title. I believe that Knox was an arranged for the Marine Band, and others speak well of his compositions. At this point, I’ve never heard the piece, so I’ll have to place this late in the study to give time to procure a score and recording.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Southern Harmony</span> is well-known to many band directors. The work has 4 movements based on the shaped-note hymnbook “Southern Harmony.” The open and peculiar harmonies sound like classic “fa-so-la” used by singing teachers like William Billings. There are pockets of fasola in the mid-south yet today. Donald Grantham has set 4 tunes in an extended suite. The fourth movement sounds technically difficult, while the first three sound very accessible. This piece rents for $300, although the second movement, “Wondrous Love,” is available separately for $150. A complete score sells for $55.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Symphony for Band</span>, was composed in the 1950s by my former college band director Donald E. McGinnis, and is published by Barnhouse. We could never get him to program the piece, although I think later bands may have. The work uses set theory and serial composition technique in its three movements. The symphony is not as difficult as other similar works, so maybe we can honor Dr. McGinnis with a performance. I don’t have a recording or score, so this one will have to fall later in the study.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Theme and Fantasia</span> is another set of variations, this one using serial technique. The composer, Armand Russell, studied at Eastman with Howard Hanson and others, and taught composition at the University of Hawaii. While working on my doctorate the wind ensemble performed this piece, and I wish I had paid better attention. It comes highly recommended by Dr. Wayne Gorder and has a difficulty level of IV, so, accessible to musicians and audience alike. Again, will have to be a late study.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night</span>. IMO this is the best piece that I have heard by Mark Camphouse. It is introspective and weighty. He makes good use of woodwind timbres. The chorale tune to "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" occurs late in the work. This piece will come early in the lit study. It’s definitely accessible to the musicians, and maybe the audience, too. We’ll have to determine whether it’s too complicated for 4 rehearsals.<br /><br />So, we’ll tackle <span style="font-style:italic;">Blue Shades</span> first because we can view a score when listening to our recordings. I’ll report on my study next week.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-42758309856645535032012-04-02T10:11:00.004-07:002012-04-02T10:27:52.892-07:00Wind Band Literature ProjectOmaha Symphonic Winds, a select 55-member adult concert band, is completing its third concert season and making plans for its concerts next year.<br /><br />The ensemble, formed in 2009, consists of band directors, music teachers, retired military musicians, and area professionals. OSW is conducted by its founder, Dr. William Hall, a former trombonist with The United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own) and with The United States Army Field Band. Most recently Hall was director of bands at Dana College in Blair, NE. Dr. Hall holds degrees from The Ohio State University, The Catholic University of America, and Kent State University.<br /><br />Omaha Symphonic Winds programs outstanding works for symphonic band and orchestras by recognized composers. OSW seeks to present polished performances on a limited number of rehearsals, so the choice of literature is critical. The musicians need to be challenged while enjoying the pieces, and the audience needs to be able to relate immediately to most of the pieces on a program.<br /><br />The ensemble’s repertoire through three seasons includes standard symphonic band works, such as: Gustav Holst’s <span style="font-style:italic;">First and Second Suites</span>, Dmitri Shostakovich’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Festive Overture</span>, Malcolm Arnold’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Four Scottish Dances</span>, Clifton Williams’ <span style="font-style:italic;">Symphonic Dance, No. 3 (Fiesta)</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Festival</span>, Darius Milhaud’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Suite Française</span>, Norman Dello Joio’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Variants on a Mediaeval Tune</span>, Robert Jager’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Esprit de Corps</span>, Samuel Barber’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Commando March</span>, Alfred Reed’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Hounds of Spring </span>and <span style="font-style:italic;">Russian Christmas Music</span>, Sir Arthur Sullivan’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Pineapple Poll</span>, Vaclav Nelhybel’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Symphonic Movement</span>, and Jack Stamp’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Pastime.</span><br /><br />OSW has also performed several orchestral transcriptions, such as: Finale to the Kalinnikov <span style="font-style:italic;">Symphony No. 3</span>, Finale to the Tchaikovsky <span style="font-style:italic;">Symphony, No. 4</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Finlandia</span> by Jean Sibelius, <span style="font-style:italic;">Overture to The Barber of Seville</span> by Rossini, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mannin Veen</span> by Haydn Wood, <span style="font-style:italic;">Early Light</span> by Carolyn Bremer, and Leonard Bernstein’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Overture to Candide</span>.<br /><br />As OSW considers it’s fourth concert season, and the need to extend its list of repertoire, it seems incumbent on me, as conductor, to learn more pieces that are within our rehearsal/performance ability. I began thinking of developing a systematic process for discovery and a method of documenting the process. <br /><br />Here’s an outline of the process I will use.<br /><br />Limitations of the Study: The music selected for study must be:<br />a. Not well-known to William Hall <br />b. In difficulty level grades 4-5<br />c. Serious literature by respected composers<br />d. Listed in the National Band Association Select Music List, and/or<br />e. Listed in the <a href="http://www.windrep.org">Wind Repertory Project </a><br />f. Consistent with mission of OSW, that is:<br />i. playable in 4 rehearsals<br />ii. symphonic band as opposed to wind ensemble in nature<br />iii. attractive to mature musicians<br />iv. accessible to audiences<br /><br />Method of the Study:<br />g. Locate and list possible works from NBA/Wind Band Rep lists<br />h. Prioritize the list<br />i. Seek out recordings (already in hand/iTunes download)<br />j. Acquire scores<br />k. Search for reviews/notes/score studies<br />l. Select one piece per week<br />i. listen repeatedly (at least once per day)<br />ii. view the score while listening<br />iii. read reviews/notes/score studies<br />iv. evaluate the piece for suitability<br /><br />Blog about experience.<br /><br />Program selected pieces.<br /><br />In regards to my blogging goal, today is the first post. I hope to post once weekly with my findings. Perhaps next week’s blog will list the works I’ve chosen for the study. Please feel free to recommend works and to send me .mp3 recordings and .pdf scores. Also, please alert me to other blogs and websites that discuss wind band music.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-32650847410306131032011-11-13T12:24:00.000-08:002011-11-13T12:25:02.800-08:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11084145-steve-jobs" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Steve Jobs" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313465931m/11084145.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11084145-steve-jobs">Steve Jobs</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7111.Walter_Isaacson">Walter Isaacson</a><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/230582638">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br/><br/><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/6515136-bill-hall">View all my reviews</a>Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-89735873424202154342011-10-17T09:38:00.000-07:002011-10-18T10:59:32.999-07:00CPD 23 - Thing #23 - ReflectionAs we come to the end of this professional development program, we have been asked to reflect on what we have learned and to project the next step in our career development.<br /><br />One idea was creating a "six word story" that descibes our experience with CPD 23. My story is: Signed-up, Read, Investigated, Reflected, Blogged, Applied.<br /><br />What does the career future hold for the next 3-5 years. I currently work part-time as a specialist, and apart from the library, conduct and manage a very talented adult concert band. My career future involves juggling both entities. Although pushing 65, the magical age of medicare and retirement, I could continue to develop my library career by completing my MLS degree and applying for full-time positions. However, to do that would be to limit the growth of my "volunteer" musical organization--certainly a strong "bliss" area for me.<br /><br />Nearing retirement, and with a growing musical organization, I've decided to remain at the part-time specialist level, and continue my professional development through activites like CPD 23 and those sponsored by my state library association. I need the hours-off to manage all the business for my adult band, and to study the musical scores I have to conduct. This in itself is professional development.<br /><br />From the CPD 23 program I have gained exposure to some software, like "Jing," that I have already put to good use, and insights into presenting oneself throuh resumes and job interviews. I will use concepts contained in the latter as I promote my adult band. Other relevant "things" I have used are Mentorship, Evernote, LinkedIn, and facebook and Twitter social media. Perhaps the most significant topic for me was in developing your personal brand.<br /><br />This program has been valuable to me as a person, it has covered a variety of topics, and presented some new ideas. I'm very glad that I took part.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-57004108527421036642011-10-17T09:09:00.000-07:002011-10-17T09:33:31.092-07:00CPD 23 - Thing #22 - VolunteeringWhat a great idea! Volunteering in a profession where you hope to work! Get practical experience that you can use on your resume, and gain valuable professional references for your application. Outstanding!<br /><br />When I began working at the library I was fortunate NOT to have to volunteer. However, with two graduate degrees, I did start at the library aide level, and worked my way up to specialist over 2 years. I also notice that several of our aides, desire a career in library work and are working toward a library school degree. Fortunately we live in a large enough city to have several branches with the need for lots of entry level workers.<br /><br />As I thought about volunteering in my own life I recognized that I did volunteer to help establish my music teaching and music performance career. That is, unpaid performing or unpaid teaching that hopefully allows one to gain experience and develop skill toward a professional position.<br /><br />There were the inevitable high school all-star bands and orchestras that were and honor to be a part of. These groups provided lots of rehearsal and performance opportunities led by skilled directors and teachers who help the musicians master the music. There were the peer teaching experiences, even membership in the Future Teachers of America. <br /><br />Part of collegiate teacher education is professional observation and student teaching. These are valuable learning experiences and provide valuable staffing for the schools. Not only did we "volunteer," we actually paid tuition to serve and develop experience and skill. We were rewarded by making professional friends from our supervising teachers and by gaining professional recommendations for our job applications.<br /><br />Even as an adult, degreed and working in the profession, there are opportunies for volunteering. Membership in community and other adult bands helps keep music alive in many towns, especially serving the senior population that attends most of the concerts. Music teachers can learn new music, revisit music they haven't played in a number of years, and keep alive their own love of performing.<br /><br />In music there is a term often associated with symphony orchestras that especially is germane to this discussion: Philharmonic - "for the love of music." Banding together to produce music, just for the love of the art. This is the height of volunteerism in music.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-27346931740118799052011-10-17T08:49:00.000-07:002011-10-17T09:05:02.772-07:00CPD 23 - Thing #21 - Promoting Yourself - Discovering Strengths<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3jif95F2b7d5EPJ0OL1jz93cp7z1VQwB-Bi65CJB5pP5iuFT81QEkJPyMZ_4Ci-qtFUoXWO3WDHjDBLfUaec09NvvomExgWSK6eSMvkOilF3e9lsMU_DstgwC3gPtnHwSrtmZ_PnIW8/s1600/strength.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3jif95F2b7d5EPJ0OL1jz93cp7z1VQwB-Bi65CJB5pP5iuFT81QEkJPyMZ_4Ci-qtFUoXWO3WDHjDBLfUaec09NvvomExgWSK6eSMvkOilF3e9lsMU_DstgwC3gPtnHwSrtmZ_PnIW8/s320/strength.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664490334473641666" /></a><br />I agree with the CPD 23 authors about discovering your strengths to find career satisfaction. I think during my career I have always tried to "follow my bliss." After twenty some years of public school and college teaching I had lost my bliss and decided to go in a different direction. <br /><br />During my transition phase I came across the "Strength Finder" series and took the test. My top strengths confirmed what I had always known about my self, and that I often tried to fit my square peg into a round hole without ultimate success. My strengths include: learner, ideation, context, intellection, and input. It was shortly after discovering these strengths that I applied to work at the public library, a career that really seems to fit me, and one where I have recovered my bliss.<br /><br />If you haven't taken the Strength Finder test grab one of the books, read and take the test. It may be a significant reaffirmation of who you are at your core.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815326322763666172.post-81614532830508042192011-10-01T10:38:00.000-07:002011-10-01T10:50:22.406-07:00CPD 23 - Thing #20 - Routes to LibrarianshipMy route to working in a library is somewhat unusual, but I'm sure there are library staffers who have similar elements in their story.<br /><br />I came to work in the library following a 25 year career as a musician and music educator. I had taught bands in public schools and colleges and was kind of burnt out. I was fortunate to have a sabbatical from my institution and viewed lots of options. Knowing that I wasn't ready to retire, but that I didn't want to return to teaching, I thought I could put my research skills to good use at the library.<br /><br />I began working at the public library as an aide responsible for assisting customers with their computer use. I was promoted to circulation clerk, and at my branch began to learn reference. Since, I have been promoted to library specialist and am responsible for reference, managing the floating collections, and staff training on eReaders and associated software.<br /><br />I feel very much at home in the public library world. I like working with individuals and small groups, I like the library's approach to managing staff, and I like to hear "thank you" from the patrons--something rarely heard during my educational career.Saxhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720758252402637970noreply@blogger.com0