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Christmas Carol Trivia Recital Results

Here are the winners of Guess the Christmas Carol Trivia Contest!

1st Place
With 12 answers correct;
Sandy Bee Lynn, Brenda Thomas

2nd Place
With 11 answers correct;
John and Cindy Ebner, Theresa Heaton

3rd Place
With 10 answers correct;
Susan Fernandez, Valerie Lukens, and Janet Scarey

Thank you to everyone who participated in guessing the Carol titles! Happy Holidays to all of you! I’m looking forward to seeing you in 2021 at our upcoming new zoom recitals!

Jaime Madrigal

Click here to view the program and performers.

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Practice Efficiency Tools

Submitted by Andy Rosenberg (viola)

Adhering to the “practice, practice, practice” rule is sometimes difficult with so many things on our daily to-do list. Technology has come a long way to help achieve this goal by providing many tools (i.e., software and mobile apps) that can help us improve practice efficiency.

“Sheet Music Scanner” app: I play along with the “Sheet Music Scanner” app on my tablet and smartphone. Listen to and read the music as it is played by the app highlighting each note and symbol. This helps me make note of tricky rhythms and verify my intonation.

How does it work?

  • Sheet music is loaded into the app from an image file such as a PDF, JPG or PNG (preferred method) or by using your device’s built-in camera.
  • Once the music is loaded into the app, it reads the music and recognizes symbols of musical notation pertaining to melody, harmony, and rhythm including treble, bass, and alto clefs, notes, duration dots, rests, and accidentals.
  • Playback supports selected instrument pitch and speeds between 50 and 330 beats per minute.

The software is easy to use, but It took a few attempts to load the music using my smartphone’s camera. Loading the sheet music from an image file worked the first time.

This $3.99 app is available for both Apple and Android devices.

Click here for more information from the developer.

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Recital #4 Appreciation

Submitted by Lee Nielsen (flute)

Enjoyed the recital on Sunday in spite of a short power outage. I always am inspired to head back to practice after hearing my colleagues and their good work. Thank each of you for your gift of music this week.

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Black Out

Submitted by Iskinder (Alto Sax)

Hello everyone,

I hope recitals over the past weekend went very well. I was unfortunately not able to listen due to a 4-hour black out in my area. I am looking forward to attending the next recital. I am even more looking forward to participating myself in the near future as I did in the past once I create a predictable schedule at work.

Thank you to Jim, Jaime, Andy, Connie, and all members and volunteers for maintaining the morale of this musical community alive and very high.

With best wishes, Iskinder (alto sax), 20 November 2020

Recital #4 Comments

Wonderful performance ladies!!! A real treat! We really enjoyed it. Thank you for all your hard work and time in putting on a performance!! – Jayne and Dylan 

Great job guys and gals,!! 👏👏👏👏 – Kathryn

Great job! 🎶🎻💥 – Theresa

I enjoyed it very.much.u all worked hard.it was a success and I was glad u had lights.👏👏👏👍👍 – Marsha

YES. Wonderful music. Thanks for notifying me. I’ll be back for the December 11 showing.
Lov, your Oregon Cuz