Musicians love to practice their art, but they love playing for an audience even more. Luckily, we have ways to collaborate online with others and share our creativity. Meet some KMS musicians below, and hear how they coped by working solo and together virtually.
Andrea performs all four parts of “Last Tango in Bayreuth” by Peter Schickele.
Duet adapted from Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.1
Movement III from “Five Bagatelles” by Finzi with friend Karen on piano.
Andrea, Krystal and Adam have a little fun with the playful Weissenborn Trio, Movement III.
Diana, Clarinet and Tina, Piano, are having a little fun together with a folk tune, a couple of months after being vaccinated. Arrangement by David Marlatt.
Sue Beekman, principal hornist, and Matthew Walker, principal bass trombone, play the Flower Duet, adapted from “Lakmé”, an opera by Leo Delibes
For flute, bassoon and harp, each movement of this suite depicts a Christmas Scene: 1. L’Étoile (The Star); 2. Les Mages (The Magi); 3. La Vierge et L’Enfant (The Virgin and the Child); 4. Entrée et Danse des Bergers (Entrance and Dance of the Shepherds)
Thoughts about being a musician during a pandemic, and an excerpt from Nielsen Flute Concerto
“I finished working on the Nielsen Flute Concerto and now am onto the Khachaturian Flute…I mean…Violin Concerto 😉 This theme is so beautiful! I love all the big low notes in this piece.”
KMS Principal bassoonist, Andrea Clark, gets the prize for the most Quarantunes videos. Here’s her latest, a duet by Gordon Jacob with Kimberly Hawkinson, KMS oboe.
