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Recordings from Black Bayou Brass Recital, March 27, 2013
To kick off the week here are some samples from our faculty brass trio recital at the end of March. The program went very well, and we got lots of great comments afterwards. If you want to hear complete works you’ll have to come check out one of our performances! If you want to read… Read More ›
More Videos
Here are a few more videos of interest to horn players, the first being the newly-updated video page on this site. Rather than embedding all of the clips (which made the page load more slowly), the videos are now categorized and hyper-linked. Feel free to give them a look! Next is an excellent video produced… Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 8 and Going Home
The greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. — Bill Bryson It’s hard to believe that just a few days ago we were in Thailand…. Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 7
Today was our next to last day in Thailand, and we spent our morning performing and teaching at Silpakorn University, which is located a few miles from Mahidol University. As with Mahidol, Silpakorn had some great students, who were all very eager to learn. Our performance and master classes went very well, and we were… Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 6
Today we had the opportunity to work with some of the talented students here at Mahidol University (the name is pronounced “Ma-hee-don” – sorry for not saying this earlier!) I heard five students play in the horn master class, and they were all extremely well prepared, regardless of age or experience level. Daren is clearly… Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 5
After a light schedule yesterday (Day 4) we began our series of performances and master classes in Thailand with a recital at Mahidol University. The performance went very well, and our audience – made up mostly of brass students and faculty from the College of Music at Mahidol – were attentive and receptive. We got… Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 3
We spent most of today sightseeing around Bangkok. By the way, we will be doing plenty of performing and teaching on this tour, but our concerts and master classes will take place later in the week. Although in some respects it would have been nice to perform first and sightsee later, for the most part… Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 2
I have time for a very brief update tonight, as we returned to our hotel a bit later from dinner in Bangkok. Mahidol University is not actually in the city, but is located in a suburb called Salaya. It takes about 45 minutes or so in a cab each way to get to the city…. Read More ›
Thailand Tour: Day 1
This series of posts will be a travel diary of sorts, providing updates about our time here in Thailand. We arrived in Bangkok early this morning (Friday), after 20+ hours of flight time. Other than the extreme length, both of our flights (Houston to Doha and Doha to Bangkok) were quite pleasant, with excellent service… Read More ›
Next Stop: Thailand
Black Bayou Brass departs tomorrow for our recital and residency at Mahidol University in Thailand. We are extremely excited about this trip, and are looking forward to representing our university on the other side of the world (map of Thailand linked from travel.state.gov/). Though some parts of our schedule there are still being worked out,… Read More ›
