I have a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I bought Finale 2012 to do my dissertation as I needed more than what print music could offer score wise. Finale said they supported 2012 when the MAC OS systems went from 32 bit to 64 bit. The first update I had on the computer, thr playback crashed. Finale supports ...

Colby, I don’t have access to this data, or really the time to gather it. I suggested it to you knowing you work for a regional orchestra on the staff, so you have better access to it or know people who might attend the big orchestral conventions and could put it together. I think you really think I’ ...

Even with all of that data available, it would still be difficult to make that assessment for an individual orchestra, let alone for the entire field. So again, I would rather not make assumptions based on ignorance or, at best, anecdotal evidence from conversation with acquaintances. We are saying ...

I'm not sure how your comment on general public awareness of "full time vs per service" is relevant to this conversation. When people or businesses donate, it would make sense to them to donate to the local arts organization for advertisement or name prestige. So, if a group donates a fortune to a ...

In the brass gym, which uses a lot of lip slurs from Remington, Slamma, Bai Lin, etc., I use a variation. The octave lip flips, and the major second ones above the staff reveal everything. The Joe Alessi extension of the full range Remington lip slur is a fun one to test how steady one's air can be ...

Those are great questions, and exactly the kind of information that I think someone trying to make incredibly generalized statements about an entire field would ask. Some additional questions worth asking: - How many orchestras have experienced pay increases and how have they experienced it (such ...

The folding of the San Antonio Symphony (and rebirth as San Antonio Philharmonic) is an excellent example of LOCAL issues, not national issues. We simply do not have enough data to reasonably assert that the circumstances surrounding the folding of SAS is a nation-wide issue at this time. The fact ...

Have you sat in on a lot of orchestra board meetings or contract negotiations? Colby, have you ever sat in on several orchestral board meetings or contract negotiations for a ICSOM orchestra? I am curious on this one. I know you are the librarian for South Bend. One of the orchestras Bloke plays ...

I think the 632CC is better for what you are looking for. I still think the 832CC needs a big larger of a bore overall at the start to get the depth I feel like it is lacking. The 832 isn’t a bad tuba, and I dare say when I’ve tried it, it seems very picky on mouthpieces. I would like to spend time w ...

I did a screenshot of most of it to view

Talk to tubist Bryan Doughty at Cimarron Music. He publishes most of it!

Something to keep in mind here. Dr. Ryan Robinson is the full time, associate professor of tuba and euphonium here, and that this is an extra position. I too found it quite odd that I saw David Humphreys had taken this position the day after I saw any posting. My guess on this is that with the ...

Seems like it is their piano store in Minnesota—the Wisconsin store is still open it seems.

Ironically, the store that is closing is expanding and hiring a manager

https://jimlaabsmusicstore.com/careers/

With adult students and older students who have switched instruments, I use the Rubank. Music education wasn’t as prominent in schools until after WWII. These books were written in the 1930s. I find with the way they progress and as fast as they do, while incorporating some more famous melodies, it l ...

https://www.13abc.com/video/2024/07/03/lima-symphony-orchestra-performs-prison-yard/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1n5D1oDo7GlDtK9X4ANDD66QbC3Ho2aq26Ja8demgmbJdbWQQwMaiOeEg_aem_TFp7Yz1xaXxXbDzhXTb0tw#ly66ynlz2ue8hq9795s The symphony I spent a season subbing with this year did a historical thing and ...

There's an alternate tuba opening in the East McKeesport Philharmonic, and the audition is in two months. I would like to have time to adjust from my school's Shafer convertible to the YamaYork before auditioning. If he even wants to stand a chance for that audition, you better get F tuba ...

Some teacher out there somewhere plays a Yamayork. You should only have the best tuba money can buy, and the most expensive tuba has to be the best. I haven’t heard you play, but if you want a music ed job, get the yamayork.

My basement gets super cold in the winter—I use a space heater when I’m there that only helps a little. Summer it can be quite cold too if my wife runs the AC. I use drones quite a bit. I can play a summer outdoor gig or a gig on a cold stage after sitting 42 minutes through the first 3 movements of ...

I was told something interesting from someone who has been on panels--it often that you have multiple who CAN do the job just fine, but no one sticks out as a clear winner and the committee can't decide. This seems insane and really disrespectful to all the people who paid to go to that audition ...

St. Louis has had a couple of no hire tuba ones, Utah had one.

I was told something interesting from someone who has been on panels--it often that you have multiple who CAN do the job just fine, but no one sticks out as a clear winner and the committee can't decide.