Sunday January 14th
Location: Jane's studio, South Boston
Attendees: Martin, MB, Glenn, David, Victor
First meeting of 2007, after about a month hiatus.
Martin was going to be a bit late arriving. MB, Glenn and David set up the speakers so we could play plugged in. We watched a recording of our gig at Bridge's school, especially the awful Embroidery, which just got worse and worse as it went along. Victor told us to watch for our startle reflexes. Other interesting moments throughout the other pieces. Bach piece had a lot of good moments. Martin arrived, and we re-watched the Embroidery. Victor then put on the Crossroads DVD from Odaiko New England as an example of the type of performance we should be striving for. Discussion about how to arrive at that point. Discussion about future directions with the circle. The need to apply attention more constantly to ourselves. How our interaction with Victor has changed since the early days, and how we might need to recapture some of the early feel as a way to have the necessary attention. Some repertoire work on Growing Circle, Askesis and the Invention. For Askesis, make sure we are not "swinging" the unison section.
DBK
Note: Posting backdated to show up in proper order.
Attendees: Martin, MB, Glenn, David, Victor
First meeting of 2007, after about a month hiatus.
Martin was going to be a bit late arriving. MB, Glenn and David set up the speakers so we could play plugged in. We watched a recording of our gig at Bridge's school, especially the awful Embroidery, which just got worse and worse as it went along. Victor told us to watch for our startle reflexes. Other interesting moments throughout the other pieces. Bach piece had a lot of good moments. Martin arrived, and we re-watched the Embroidery. Victor then put on the Crossroads DVD from Odaiko New England as an example of the type of performance we should be striving for. Discussion about how to arrive at that point. Discussion about future directions with the circle. The need to apply attention more constantly to ourselves. How our interaction with Victor has changed since the early days, and how we might need to recapture some of the early feel as a way to have the necessary attention. Some repertoire work on Growing Circle, Askesis and the Invention. For Askesis, make sure we are not "swinging" the unison section.
DBK
Note: Posting backdated to show up in proper order.
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