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July 9 (Thursday) – rehearsal canceled.
July 13 (Monday) Music pickup at First Evangelical Church – No rehearsal.

The Staff and Board of Directors appreciate the cooperative spirit expressed by our members as we introduce and implement “Music for Life” a new design in our schedule.

Flexibility and rapid change are elements of success in the Twenty First Century. We are using those two elements, through technology, to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of each rehearsal, class, and lesson. “Musical Safe Zones” help us maintain a positive learning environment and are also supported by the climate of the physical plant or location of each learning experience.

The warm trend this summer is expected to continue through this week making rehearsal at the Maps Museum this Thursday July, 9^th uncomfortable to the point of become non-productive. Therefore, we are canceling that rehearsal.

New Music Distribution for all members is now scheduled for Monday evening July 13^th from 6:00 – 7:30 at the First Evangelical Church 369 Woodsdale Ave. in Akron.

We will use the Drive -By technique which was so successful in June. Please take advantage of picking this music up personally next Monday as your preparation will save huge amounts of time in the remaining schedule of unchanged July Live and Zoom meetings.You will not even have to get out of your car as you receive a new chorale and two musical selections. Looking forward to seeing you all next Monday and thank you in advance for your cooperation!

  Jim Adkins

Submitted by Sandy Bee Lynn

Cellist Aaron Fried will perform the Bach Cello Suite No. 1, and The Swan by Camile Saint Saens. His performance will be an online interactive Sunday worship through the Emanuel United Church of Christ Zoom meeting July 12 at 10:30 a.m. Here is the meeting information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87339869440
Meeting ID: 873 3986 9440

“Aaron Fried is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, arranger, and composer, with a career that spans across North America.

Aaron has performed with various ensembles such as FiveOne Experimental Orchestra, The Traverse Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Opera, Earth and Air String Orchestra, The Boston Philharmonic, Muziko Mondo, Chamber Music Silicon Valley, Symphony Nova Scotia, and the Porthouse Theatre Orchestra.

In 2016, Aaron was a member of one of two ensembles selected to perform in the Juilliard Quartet seminar, where he performed alongside Juilliard faculty member Joseph Lin.”
— from aaronfried.com —

Joy Hart has lost a part from her black peak music stand. Check out the details on the Lost and Found Page.

PLAY ALONG MUSIC DISTRIBUTION:  We are taking this opportunity to introduce you to a new friend and host for our New Horizons Program. The Board of Directors and Congregation of the “First Evangelical Church” located at 369 E. Woodsdale Ave. Akron, Ohio, have invited us to use their Church as HOME BASE!

We have organized two evenings, Monday June 1st and Thursday June 4th, from 5:30 until 7:00 during which you may drive into the church parking lot and be directed to a drive by music pick up stand.

Simply follow the directions of the parking lot staff who will form you into a line that will pull up to a table. Connie Stinnett will hand you the Play Along Music and Instruction Sheet through your window. She will be wearing her mask and we ask you to do the same.

If you would like a short tour of the building please pull into a parking space and Carrie Cunningham will be your escort through the facility.

We again ask that you follow the correct best practice safe mask and hand washing protocols suggested by our State and Federal authorities.

Please allow me to take a minute to thank Carrie, Connie , and Marilyn Katzmark for their help in making this introduction to our newest host possible.

View instructions for the “Play Along Corner” chorales music handouts.

Musician Frederic De Wulf decided to add to his repertoire an astonishing performance played in the skies above Ölüdeniz, in Turkey. The cellist, who lives in Seattle, Washington, performed Turkish folk music while paragliding with pilot Ferdi Toy.

P.S. There is a short 15 second commercial before the video starts.

Zoom was originally intended for speaking, so the default audio settings are optimized for normal speech and designed to filter out background noise and loud sounds. Unfortunately these settings do not work well with music.

Are you noticing the sound cutting in and out while you play your instrument during your online lessons? Does the instrument sound garbled on the other end when you try to play? Are you having trouble hearing dynamic contrast?

You can mitigate these sound issues by following these few steps.
Click here for a Mobile App
Click here for Laptop/Desktop settings

Music Settings For a Mobile App

Open the Zoom app and click on the settings icon.

Click on Meetings

Scroll down to the “Use Original Sound” item.
The default is off, as shown below.
Click on the switch so that it moves to the right and turns green.

This completes the settings configuration.
To return to the main page click on the arrow (<) at the top left side of the page and then click on “Meet and Chat” on the bottom left of the next page.

This last step is required each time you sign in to a Zoom meeting.

After you sign in to the meeting, tap on the screen to display the menu at the bottom of the page.
Click on the “More” option.

Click on “Enable Original Sound”.

That’s it – your music should sound much better.

Music Settings On a Laptop/Desktop

Click on the Settings gear icon at the top right

Click on Audio in the settings page.

Uncheck the “Automatically adjust microphone volume” button.
Then click on the “Advanced” button.

Click on “Show in-meeting option” to Enable Original Sound from microphone.

When you sign in to a meeting “Turn on Original Sound” will appear at the top left side of the page. Click on that link to remove the audio processing to hear music without distortion.