tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post3922092236181975969..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: A Brief History of a Musical FailureElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-22023859092833323112013-10-06T05:51:49.380-05:002013-10-06T05:51:49.380-05:00Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I s...Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I stumbled upon it right when I needed to.joe positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884519204507477834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-36293535591577424662013-10-04T10:31:47.775-05:002013-10-04T10:31:47.775-05:00I was infamous for cornering people in pubs and ha...I was infamous for cornering people in pubs and haranguing them into joining the late starters orchestra (the one in East London that inspired the one in New York). It is a magical and hilarious organisation, they are a bit different from the NYLSO in that they will teach people from the beginning, with no musical knowledge whatsoever. There were quite a few people coming back to music 20, 30, 40 years later. There was a wonderful man in his 80s who sang with the London Philharmonic chorus through most of his adult life, and took up the violin in his late 70s. (I'm linking a little film some students made about the orchestra when I was playing there, and you can see that gentleman, around mark :45). I'm so glad I had that in my life for awhile, and I'm glad they exist.<br /><br />There is a contemporary music ensemble called COMA (contemporary music making for amateurs) that was an ELLSO spin off, and they are quite vital too. <br /><br />Anyway, here's the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jltldJXDmb8<br />(I'm in there, first desk in the cello section, which didn't mean anything in that orchestra)Erinhttp://erinatlarge.comnoreply@blogger.com