11.19.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:44 pm by Robbie
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is married by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasm, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt
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10.20.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:04 pm by Robbie
Beyond the sea, the sun descends.
Cool evening lingers. A shadow bends.
High above two ravens call.
Across the distant valley, echoes rise and fall.
The waiting ship far down below
Will sound the signal to leave, I know.
But when it does, I will not budge.
I will not heed the warning,
I do not want to go.
Give me just another hour!
Give me just another hour at the top of the world
Where I can see all eternity.
Oh, do not make me leave, give me just another hour!
THe mountains rise like silent friends.
Atop their spires, the skies ascend.
Let me soar above these towers
And fly off to discover just where the heavens end.
Give me just another Hour!
Give me just another hour at the top of the world
Where I can see all eternity.
Oh, do not make me leave, give me just another hour!
The ship will drag me down
And sail off from this place I have waited so long to find.
Back toward the city of noise and garish light
And all the petty quarrels that I have left behind.
No, let me stay here all alone!
Yes, let me pray in this cathedral of stone
Where I can trace the line of grace
From sea to sky to mountain and claim it as my own.
Give me just another hour!
Give me just another hour at the top of the world
Where I can see all eternity.
Oh, do not make me leave, give me just another hour!
Just another moment or minute, or summer or winter
Or lifetime to live right now,
Or at the very least, give me just another hour!
-Richard Pearson Thomas
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10.17.07
Posted in Music at 11:48 am by Robbie
Robbie
With Dr. Caroline Salido Ridchardson, Piano
and Professor Tony Zilincik, Tuba
Friday
October 26, 2007 8:00PM
Playing pieces by Lebedev, Mozart, Hartley, and Brahms
Riley Auditorium
Battelle Fine Arts Center
Otterbein College
Westerville, Ohio
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10.01.07
Posted in Cool Stuff at 12:18 pm by Robbie
Motorcycle
My Bike
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06.17.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:01 pm by Robbie
Thanks everyone for all my birthday goodies and birthday wishes!
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06.08.07
Posted in Cool Stuff at 11:49 pm by Robbie
Ah, summer. At Otterbein working at Circuit City on Polaris and taking a break. San Francisco July 5-12!
One goal for the summer is to buy one of these:
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04.01.07
Posted in Music at 4:33 pm by Robbie
“While brass instruments had long been used together in various contexts, the first modern bands were developed early in the 19th century in Prussia, when all military and government bands were issued the new technology of rotary valve instruments and instructed to use standard tuning. This allowed musicians to much more easily play with other bands and for smaller bands to be combined into large bands. A separate tradition also emerged in the United Kingdom, mainly due to the importing of the new Belgian instruments, the saxhorns, invented by Adolphe Sax.” - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“A brass band in the English tradition with a full compliment of players generally comprises 8-10 cornets (including 1 soprano), 1 flugelhorn, 3 tenor horns, 2 baritones, 2 euphoniums, 3 trombones (2 tenors and 1 bass), 4 tubas (2 E♭ and 2 BB♭) and percussion. There is a long tradition of competition between brass bands, often based around local industry and communities.
This form of brass band is the most common in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand and is also widespread throughout parts of North America and continental Europe.
The Salvation Army, part of the Christian church, has deployed brass bands since 1878 and they continue to be an integral part of that organisation. The most proficient Salvation Army brass band is The International Staff Band which is based in London.” - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
to see the full article go to: Brass Band - Wikipedia
Ohio Brass Arts Festival 2008-
weekend of March 14-16
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03.29.07
Posted in Music at 11:24 pm by Robbie
“American composer and conductor. Known particularly for his operatic works on contemporary subjects, he is considered one of the most frequently performed living composers of concert music.” -grove music online
Robbie’s Recommended Listenings:
“Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
“Nixon in China”
“Tromba Lontan”
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03.18.07
Posted in School at 10:23 pm by Robbie
So, the four day wind ensemble tour is over, after four concerts in two days, a day and a half at Chicago, and nothing to eat except fast food (minus two meals in Chicago), I’m ready to relax. The tour was fun and it was nice to get off of campus but I didn’t have a chance to relax much. We were constantly moving from concert to concert, from place to place with some but little down time. The city of Chicago is a very nice city. I would recommend it to anyone looking to go there. Just know that no all the trains in the loop run 24/7. My group went up North to see Second City, which was hilarious, on the brown line and meant to travel back on the brown line but it was closed when we got back. We ended up walking four or more blocks to get to a red line station. The red line is ‘open all the time’ except that they only run like two trains. Somewhat annoying. We waited for about an hour for the train. Whatever we were all safe and got to see a good show.
Favorite movies from tour bus:
Casino Royal
Batman the Beginnings
Various Episodes from Family Guy
Ah, band tour
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