Posted by Bart Collins on March 01, 2002 at 20:17:27:
Greetings all!
The International Tuba/Euphonium Conference 2002 is quickly approaching. Over the next few weeks we�ll be bringing you glimpses of what to expect during the conference. We hope you�ll consider joining in Greensboro, NC May 28-June1.
Bart Collins & Dennis AsKew, Hosts
www.itec2002.org
News Update 1, March 1 from the perspective of Euph-Man.
Well, here we are�Day one of ITEC 2002. This building is really nice! The lobby area is nice and open, lots of room�and the displays�I hope I have time to get to everything!
The shuttle ride over from the Marriott was easy�no worries there�hope it�s that way all week. At 10 the conference officially opens. That should be cool�wonder what they have in store for that�.
The 11 am recital looks good�Oystein Baadsvik and John Mueller�wonder what Oystein has up his sleeve this time?
Then, straight into another recital�Velvet Brown and Tormod Flaten�he�s that Norwegian euphonium player I�ve heard about�looking forward to hearing him.
Now I have a choice�to go hear Norm Pearson in a lecture/demo of orchestral section work or Brian Bowman�s Euphonium Class. Hmm. Probably go to��.
2 pm�Concert by Tubalate��heard a lot about them�from England, right?
3 pm, another choice.Dixie Lecture by Steve Call, or recital by Dave Zerkel, Joe Skillen and Stacey Baker. Decisions, decisions�.
4 pm. Lecture by Matt Walters. This guy knows what he�s talking about.
5 pm. Rehearsal for the Low-Blowers�50 or so of us, from what I hear all amateurs rehearsing and PERFORMING at ITEC. Way cool.
Now off to Aycock Auditorium�this is a neat old building�what, maybe 70 years old? Neat, though. Prelude concert by University of Kentucky Tuba Ensemble. Should be good! Here we go�the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra�with soloists Steve Rosse (John Williams Concerto) Riki McDonnell (you know the New Zealander--) doing some Arias, Markus Theinert (from Germany) doing the Falstaff Concerto by Kroll (always was curious about that work�should be good!) Demondrae Thurman (Symphonic Variants�yeah baby!) and Adam Frey performing an Albinoni Concerto�bet that will just be pretty!.
Now back to the hotel�for the Afterhours Jazz�Hank Feldman is in charge�should be good! I think it is Miller Time!!!
Can�t wait until tomorrow!