Classical Music/thank you

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Expert: Pat G - 9/14/2009


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Hi Pat, I suppose not necessarily a question, but I want to thank you for the link you gave me yesterday for theclassicalstation.org. You're right, it is the best classical radio station in the world. From the second I first tuned into it, I fell in love with it immediately. It doesn't replace a local radio station in my city that used to promote local classical events and support local artists, and arts information, but at least I can listen to classical music programming once again!!! It feels so good.

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Hi, Darrin,

Thank you so much for your appreciation! I am happy that you like the station. Not only do they have good music all the time (nothing ugly), but they're lots of fun, too! As for local events, hopefully, they'll be in the paper, so you can go to the concerts. Enjoy!

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Pat G

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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