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Musical Blog of Rob Birdwell
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Published Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:37:25 PST
It feels like it's been a very long month - it has. The Harry Potter concert (if you were fortunate enough to go) was the culmination of a very busy month for me musically in October. But just how long was it - 31 days? No, for me it goes back t...
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Published Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:34:34 PDT
The memorial service today for Tim Misner - very sad, but comforting to hear the stories about Tim from his family and friends. Much healing and comfort will be needed for his family of course. Ken Saul played a from-the-heart rendition of Danny Boy....
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Published Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:28:53 PDT
Join us for an evening of music with 5th & B and support the Majestic Theatre! This will be an entertaining evening of music and it's a great cause. The show is Saturday July 2 at 8pm.
Featuring their original written and spontaneously composed ...
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Published Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:22:59 PDT
After a couple weeks of seeing weird stuff with my computer keyboard (typing in alpha characters and only seeing numbers) I was even more confounded when I attempted to compose some music this morning using Finale only to find I couldn't enter any note...
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Published Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:23:59 PDT
Early Bird Jazz Blog
The Early Bird Jazz band will meet in the Linus Pauling Middle School Band Room every Tuesday and Thursday at 8am. Our first session will begin Tuesday, October 4 (8am). Please do your best to help your student arrive a few minutes early so...
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Published Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:53:00 +0000
The Early Bird Jazz Band will perform at this fun festival on Saturday, January 29. It's at the North Albany Middle School in Albany, Oregon.Our exact performance and workshop time TBD, but probably sometime between 10am and 2pm.Be sure to come e...
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Published Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:24:00 +0000
Early Bird Jazz guitarist Jackson S. (an 8th grader in the Early Bird Jazz Band class of 2009-2010) gave me a handwritten list of what he deemed bands with "good horns." He wrote it on a little piece of paper in front of me, in about a minute, ev...
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Published Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:32:00 +0000
I love scales - not so much the scales themselves but the world of melodies they opened up for me. Having them under my fingers makes many things much easier - like sight reading, improvising and even composing!But I recognize that not everyone l...
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Published Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:18:00 +0000
Early Bird Jazz Band 2010-2011Rob Birdwell, Music Directorhttp://earlybirdjazz.birdwellmusic.com/General Information for the 2010-2011 Early Bird Jazz Band SeasonEarly Bird Jazz Band is a before-school music enrichment program open to students who meet...
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Published Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:36:00 +0000
Corvallis Art Beat Blogs
These are "community" driven blogs posted by folks, well, like
you! They should be Corvallis, Albany, Eugene and/or Salem
area relevant. If you have an event of interest that you
would like to post, contact me with the details and I will post
accordingly. Tell your friends about the Corvallis Art
Beat and help spread the word about events going on in this
area!
