November 21, 2011
by Alex Priest
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The cruise was incredible. I feel like trying to describe it much more than that would never be able to do it justice. On one hand, it was wonderfully tacky—a lot of old people on a relatively old boat doing … Continue reading
September 17, 2011
by Alex Priest
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This is Ivy League – Viola A little bit obsessed with this song.
July 30, 2009
by Alex Priest
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The Washington Post this morning had a lot of interesting news stories. Some of them pissed me off and others made me smile but one really caught my attention. Naturally, it was about twitter.
This evening at Wolf Trap, the National Symphony Orchestra’s conductor Emil de Cou will be tweeting to the audience during the performance. They won’t be tweets like, “Check it out I’m waving my arms in front of a big crowd at Wolf Trap!” but instead things like “In my score Beethoven has printed Nightingale = flute Quail = oboe Cuckoo = clarinet — a mini concerto for woodwind/birds.” And of course anyone can follow the twitter account he’ll use, @NSOatWolfTrap.
I think this is a brilliant experiment. Keep reading below the cut for my thoughts.