Rockville Concert Band presents Music For All Ages: Reel Music
When: Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:00pm
Where: F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville, MD 20851
Website: www.rockvilleconcertband.org
L & L Music-Wind Shop is sponsoring this event and will be at the concert beforehand with a selection of instruments for a “petting zoo.” All ages are welcome to try any brass or woodwind instrument we have on hand. See you there!
Montgomery Philharmonic Orchestra presents Gustav Mahler: A Union of Symphony and Song
-Songs of a Wayfarer (1884-85) – featuring Matthew Woorman – baritone
-Symphony No. 1, “Titan” (1887-88)
When: Sunday, April 19, 2015 7:00pm
Where: Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, 610 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Website: www.montgomeryphilharmonic.org
This fourth concert studies Gustav Mahler and the relationships among his works. Mahler changed the musical world and more specifically, he changed, forever, our perception of a symphony. Never again would a symphony have four movements. Never again would it be tonally centered, and never again would each movement use standard forms. Never again would using voices in a symphony merely be orchestra with chorus, and none of these symphony characteristics would ever return with composers who followed Mahler. He made the musical community sit up and listen.
Montgomery Philharmonic welcomes baritone Matthew Woorman to the stage to sing Songs of a Wayfarer, Mahler’s first work for voice and orchestra. Characteristics as well as melodic and harmonic content transferred from Songs of a Wayfarer to both Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 5 by Mahler. As we play Symphony No. 1, our audience will have the opportunity to compare and contrast Mahler’s compositional styles.
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Single Reed Symposium
When: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Where: The Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20064
Time: 8am to 5pm
Cost: Free!
Website: Click here.
Join Dr. Bob Beeson and Dr. Ben Redwine as the saxophone and clarinet studios join forces to present the Catholic University of America Single Reed Symposium 2015 on March 7th. Guest artists include Dr. Noah Getz from American University, Dr. Doug O’Connor from Towson, Mr. Robert DiLutis from the University of Maryland, and Mr. Pedro Rubio from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Madrid, Spain. The day consists of informative master classes and performances culminating in an all-participant saxophone/clarinet choir concert.
L & L Music-Wind Shop will be on hand with a sampling of instruments, reeds, and other Clarinet & Saxophone accessories.
University of Maryland Clarinet Day
When: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Where: DeMatha High School
4313 Madison St.
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Time: 9am to 5pm
Cost: $25 online, $35 at the door
Website: Click here.
Join University of Maryland Clarinet professors and studio for the 3rd annual Maryland Clarinet Day! With masterclasses, presentations, and performances, each participant will engage in an unforgettable experience! Featuring guest artist Mark Nuccio of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus discover new types of equipment and accessories from vendors all over the country. A lucky student will have a chance to win a Buffet Crampon Clarinet! (Open to all clarinet students grade 5-12 enrolled in a school music program).
L & L Music-Wind Shop looks forward to attending with a sampling of instruments, reeds, & other Clarinet accessories.
Steve Loeb is the owner of L & L Music · Wind Shop, Inc., and repairs all band instruments. Here are a few questions we asked him about how he got started.
1. What instrument(s) did you start playing and when?
I started playing flute in 5th grade and added oboe in 10th grade.
2. What did you want to do before deciding to repair instruments?
In 7th grade I decided to be a music teacher and designed my middle & high school schedule around music. After college I didn’t want to be a teacher anymore and chose musical instrument repair.
3. How did you learn instrument repair?
I went to Eastern School of Musical Instrument Repair which was in New Jersey.
4. What part of instrument repair do you like most?
Fabricating new & different ways to play an instrument, whether replicating a new part or modifying an existing one.
5. Outside of music, what other hobbies do you enjoy?
I used to bicycle, but now I mostly play the 4 common computer card games: Solitaire, Spider Solitaire (4 suits), Minesweeper (Advanced in less than 3 minutes), and Freecell.
All Flute family instruments – 35% off list price (includes flutes, piccolos, recorders, tin & penny whistles)
Get a pop music book FREE with purchase of a new or used flute. (Book max value $15.95, cannot be exchanged or returned for refund.)
K & M “Rainbow Series” Music Stands – Any color $24.99
Metronomes & Tuners – 15% off our price
Silk Flute & Piccolo Swabs – 10% off our price
Flute Cases – 10% off our price
Disclosures: No trade ins or rental credits allowed. Cannot be combined with other offers or coupons except free book offer. Sale prices good on in stock inventory only 3/14/15 to 3/17/15.
Congratulations to the winner of our monthly drawing – Dominic Moulden. He is the winner of a Got Music mug.
Diana Loeb is a flute teacher and co-owner of L & L Music-Wind Shop. She was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions for this month’s newsletter.
1. Who is your favorite composer?
Claude Debussy
2. What is your favorite classical piece?
Mozart’s Flute Concerto in G major
3. What instrument did you start playing?
Flute
4. If you were an instrument, what would you be?
Alto Flute
5. Is there anything you want to do as a musician that you haven’t done yet?
There are two; I want to perform a solo concerto with an orchestra accompaniment and perform a solo flute recital.
Congratulations to the winner of our monthly drawing – Wendy Siegelman. She is the winner of a mini music box.
When: The 10-week course will tentatively begin on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 and will continue every Tuesday night till mid May.
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Cost: $250.00 (price hasn’t changed in more than 10 years!)
How to Sign Up: Call the store 301-948-7273.
Steve will be holding a course on maintenance and band instrument repair. The course is designed to help the student distinguish between major and minor repair problems. We will also learn to prep school instruments for the start of the new school year.
Did you know that if you don’t clean your mouthpiece regularly it can affect your playing? When you play, your saliva carries water, food particles, plaque, and sugars through your mouthpiece and into your instrument. Most players remember to swab their instrument but what about their mouthpiece? After playing the moisture evaporates and leaves behind the food particles, plaque, and sugars to harden inside your mouthpiece. After a period of time this changes the inside diameter of the mouthpiece which alters the sound. Most musicians don’t notice this change because it happens gradually over time. Sometimes it can be so bad that the player believes there is something wrong with their instrument, or they even consider buying a new mouthpiece.
Mouthpiece cleaning is very important and we highly recommend it be performed on a weekly basis. If you bring in your mouthpiece, we will clean it for FREE! We also have brushes for you to perform the job at home with your preferred dishwashing soap. Some metal mouthpieces can even go in the utensil basket of your dishwasher (gold plated mouthpieces not recommended).
