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swinks Regular Member
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:03 pm Post subject: Greetings Trumpetherald.com I'm new. |
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Hello Everyone,
I recently joined and am looking forward to networking with all of you. I am a freelance player in the Pacific Northwest. I play with the Vancouver Symphony, Big Horn Brass, have a quintet called Columbia River Brass and play with the Bach Cantata Choir often and others in the Portland Metro erea. Most of the time I play orchestral gigs but get some jazz in with the BHB on some of our jazz and pop music. I also teach middle school band. Thus is my 17th year at my school and 20th year total. I play on a Bach Stad 37 Bflat and a Monette XLT C trumpet. A Martin Schmidt A/Bb rotary picc. And a Blessing Flugle horn. My mouthpiece preferences are the Monette 4's. It's really fun living near the Monette shop. University of Idaho and Portland State Alum. My biggest heros are Doc. Severensen, Wynton Marsalis, Clifford Brown, Dizzy, Robert T. McCurdy, Gerald Webster, Manny Loreano, Freddie Hubbard and more. Looking forward to getting to know people and learning from all of you. _________________ Scott Winks |
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david johnson Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Posts: 1613 Location: arkansas/missouri
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:30 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the band. Enjoy yourself. You play lead tonight...show starts in 2 min..after that, we are dong all the Mahler symphonies |
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dstdenis Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 May 2013 Posts: 2123 Location: Atlanta GA
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Welcome, Scott! _________________ Bb Yamaha Xeno 8335IIS
Cornet Getzen Custom 3850S
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Lionel Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Jul 2016 Posts: 783
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Some of my earliest recollections are of Portland elementary school band ensembles playing Christmas music. They definitely liked to fund their music.
Welcome! _________________ "Check me if I'm wrong Sandy but if I kill all the golfers they're gonna lock me up & throw away the key"!
Carl Spackler (aka Bill Murray, 1980). |
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WxJeff Heavyweight Member
Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 2484 Location: Atlanta GA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:12 am Post subject: |
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What a super introduction! Thanks for that, welcome to the group, and we all look forward to your contributions. _________________ Kanstul F Besson International 800 Bb
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swinks Regular Member
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:58 pm Post subject: VSO plays the three "B's" Brahms, Beethoven and Br |
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_________________ Scott Winks |
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bamajazzlady Heavyweight Member
Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 691
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Welcome. What's the Jazz and overall music scenes like where you are? _________________ "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson |
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swinks Regular Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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bamajazzlady wrote: | Welcome. What's the Jazz and overall music scenes like where you are? |
The overall jazz scene is kind of scarce. Only small combos play in some small restaurants and bars. Big bands don't exist unless you just want to put a group together for fun.
The Oregon Symphony is the big organization that does Zelda concerts or Harry Potter films with live orchestra and also does legit stuff like bring in Josbual Bell or heavies like him. They also host Chris Botti (an Oregon native) Herbie Handcock, Harry Connick and JALC orch. and John williams conducted the group a couple of years ago.
We have a pretty good youth orchestra organization.
There are seveal part time orchestras that do pretty well and give us amateurs a chance to play the rep. And use them a stepping stone for building a resume and getting ready to autition for major groups.
There are lots of Christmas and Easter gigs, a Bach Cantata choir that is playing all of his cantatas. That's really fun. Chamber music has a strong niche here too.
Some cover bands and soul Tower of Power-type groups for dances and corporate dinners and parties. Companies like Nike and Columbia clothing hire these groups.
Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theater are both top notch.
That's my a nutshell version.. _________________ Scott Winks |
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