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On Being Moved

On March 11, 2018June 26, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music1 Comment

At rehearsal with the MYSers: We have been working on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's magnum opus, Scheherazade. It can be argued that next to The Flight of the Bumblebee that it's the most often-played piece he wrote. In recent years I have taken to the idea of taking a larger, multi-movement piece and breaking it up over …

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The Show Must Go On (Finale)

On January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music2 Comments

With pizza consumed and concerts viewed the night before, the day arrived where the orchestra ventured into territory not occupied in over five decades, namely Orchestra Hall, Chicago. To me, it is beyond strange that a fine orchestra so close in proximity to another has not been a guest after many decades of visiting regularly. …

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The Show Must Go On (part five)

On January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn I'm Dad, Music2 Comments

On to Chicago for the final leg of the tour. Today is a day off of playing but with travel thrown in. I'll take it. The two and a half hour bus ride from the home of the Fighting Illini to the Bears, the Cubs, the Sox, the Hawks and the Bulls is one we …

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The Show Must Go On (part four)

On January 27, 2018January 27, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music, Trumpeter1 Comment

Touring has changed for American and all to the good, I think. A long-overdue component has been added and that is contact with music students from area music schools. Of course, the area involved is wherever we happen to be playing. We have scheduled for us a number of masterclasses, clinics, and outreach visits that …

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The Show Must Go On (part three)

On January 25, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music3 Comments

Sweetness comes in many forms when on tour. One such form is in the person who waits backstage or at the exit to say hello or congratulate you for a good show. They will often be a perfect stranger who wants to take a picture to commemorate the evening or who knows someone you both …

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The Show Must Go On (part two)

On January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music, Trumpeter1 Comment

When the MO goes on tour we generally gather downstairs at MSP airport and get checked in as a group. In this case, we were separated into three separate flights although I don't know why that was the case. Sometimes you just can't find a single plane that has the space to carry all hundred …

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The Show Must Go On (part one)

On January 24, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn MusicLeave a comment

It was the best of times, it was.... Hmmm.... no. Try again. The day began like any other day. Yecch. It was a dark and stormy night. That's better. Not completely accurate but damned close. When you plan a tour you pray for the best and expect he worst. The worst is a complete cancellation …

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Creating Better Human Beings

On January 21, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Music2 Comments

I love the process of teaching because of the way it marks time by virtue of accomplishment. Yesterday, Saturday the 20th of January, 2018 marked such an accomplishment. The accomplishment was not mine. Rather, it was that of a bunch of students who made the decision some time ago to get up early on what …

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Why Music is Hard

On January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn MusicLeave a comment

As younger music students grow into older ones they find that, like so much in life, the study of their art goes into progressing stages. That's nothing new for anyone that undertakes in-depth examination of an art or vocation or hobby. We begin with an understanding of the technical aspects whether it's just holding the …

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Home of the Samaritans (part three)

On January 5, 2018 By Manny LaureanoIn Uncategorized2 Comments

We are accustomed to hearing the phrase "The Greatest Generation" describe that group of people that were mostly in their 20s during the second World War. The honorific of "greatest" could be fodder for debate but the deference we show for people that lived through a concurrent Depression is apt. Those were truly tough times. …

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