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College Contemporary Music Programs need an update

First of all…this is not for the big name NYC/LA/BGSU/etc. programs, don’t come at me with your luxury goods. #notallprograms A friend snap-chatted a picture of a facebook post from his undergrad music program. The contemporary music ensemble was playing Britten on their next program. I love Britten. His operas are beautiful, and his music is amazing. One of my favorite people is a Britten…

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Mama Said There'd be Days Like This

Mama Said There’d be Days Like This

My mom has been my soothsayer and my truth teller. I’m sure all moms have things they tell their kids all the time, but my mom had mantras: “Pay attention.” “Don’t put yourself in that situation.” “Be sure your sin will find you out.” “Do not terry with the trash of the earth.” I heard one of these, attached to conversation, every day of my life. I was raised by two ADULTS. My parents were 38…

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I Quit the Bassoon

For almost 4 months. Give or take a week. I’m no longer a student…. My defense was over in February. I was so tired, and so very burnt out. Here I was, for all intents and purposes, Doctor Jolene Masone, DMA. Master of the bassoonery arts, and all that entails! Really, it just felt awful. My dissertation wasn’t at all groundbreaking. It wasn’t nearly as good as I had wanted it to be. After…

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A call for arms, and a call for scores

I haven’t written here for a long time. My dissertation has taken a great toll, both on my time, and my life. However, I do not, and cannot live in a vacuum. Facebook and twitter are rife with news reports and angry updates from friends and family over the events happening in this country. The country of checks and balances is going too long unchecked, and unbalanced. Flint, Michigan literally…

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I met @michelleiswell at the #riverwalk! Go look at her fabulous collection! Fan for life :) http://michellelesniak.com/weather-worn-fashionxt-2014/

#riverwalk

WHAT IS UP, BASSOONISTAS? Picture by January3rd BBWE will now be a monthly installment of this wonderful new enterprise, Signals for Images, and I will be installing it into both blogs for a while. Each month, I will post a new blog covering issues in new music for bassoon, and showing you all the best of what I have found on the web (videos, composers, performers, pictures, etc). We are all…

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Because duco cement has been completely discontinued (though I have enough in my house to last a year), I decided to try some new stuff. They were on sale. I couldn't help myself #glitterandbegay #bassoon #bassoonproblems

#bassoon #bassoonproblems #glitterandbegay

Submitting a Topic Proposal: As told by Cartoon Villains.

Writing a Dissertation: as told by cartoon villains

(You have to have the colon in the title, or it’s not legit)

Writing a dissertation is hard, y’all, but I feel like writing the proposal is way harder. Once you’ve gotten to the dissertation part, you have all the information, and all the topic stuff out of the way. But the proposal, step #1 is always the hardest step.

First, you have to pick a topic, and you might have a few thoughts. You…

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Oh that's just heartbreaking. Sigh. #bassoonproblems #sigh #reeds #ihatethis

#bassoonproblems #sigh #ihatethis #reeds

Best Bassoon Week Ever!!! 01/20/15

Guys! It’s the new year! So roll out the resolutions, because this is the…

Best Bassoon Week Ever!

FIRST OF ALL. Go buy Trent Jacob’s Album. No seriously. Do it. It’s good, it has some great pieces on it, AND if you do your homework, you will have listened to it before I review it next week. Also, because I said so. Also, we have to support each other, and Trent is awesome. So just do it.

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Squeee! Though reading it at work should raise a few eyebrows ;)

Everyone's jelly of the new rockin hot bassoon case. Thanks mom! #bassoon #earlychristmasgift

#bassoon #earlychristmasgift

That's 10 minutes I will never get back.

That’s 10 minutes I will never get back.

I love finding new compositions. My favorite way to find a new piece is by asking other composers who their favorite new composers are. So I had two separate composers tell me about the same piece, about a week apart from each other.

Of course I had to find it.

Googled the composer. No one told me the name of the piece. Just composer, bassoon piece with piano, ’nuff said.

Found him. No…

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Here to play for the sounds modern concert. Here's Dr. Andrew May doing a sound check. If you are in #ftworth come see us at #themodern #newmusic #metal

#ftworth #metal #themodern #newmusic

I love some of the pictures in these old music books.

#selfie while listening to the slow woowoowoo of little oboists learning vibrato for the first time. #bassoonproblems

#bassoonproblems #selfie

Best Bassoon Week Ever (10/2/14)

Hey Everyone! It’s been a few weeks, but I will try to keep these going as much as I can! I really do love this blog, but time is not on my side. But the odds are ever in your favor this week, Bassoonists!

It’s the Best Bassoon Week Ever!

I actually had the time to do some extra sleuthing, and find some pieces not just on youtube!

The first piece is by Elizabeth Nonemaker. I’ve heard her name…

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