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La Muerte Sonriente

Last October I was asked to play a piece with the Bel Canto Company, a local professional chorus. They were doing La Muerte Sonriente by Diana Syrse which had a part(s) for Aztec Death Whistle and ocarina. Video from the concert is below.

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Unusual Dushkin Recorder

This is the second post I’ve made about Dushkin recorders. There’s not a lot of information about them on the web. The first post has info I pieced together from what little I could find. If you’re interested, just look back a few posts. Last summer I was contacted by a woman named Sally who…

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Sweet Birdie Mazurka

October is ocarina awareness month….aka Ocatober. Four US-based ocarina ensembles each take a week in October to post daily ocarina videos. This was my contribution. The “Sweet Birdie” Mazurka for Ocarina and Piano by Charles Le Thière. I used an approximately 100 year old ocarina by Charles Ullmann. I’m assisted on piano by Stephanie Lindley.

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Hi, I’m Brian. I am a freelance woodwind multi-instrumentalist and collector, although I hate the term “collector”. This blog will be about woodwind instruments, aspects of being a professional musician, and other relevant information.

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