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Phil Winsor Remembered
Mar 27th
Phil Winsor
May 10, 1938 – January 24, 2012
Phil Winsor. Click to enlarge.
I am saddened to learn that Phil passed away in January. Here is his official obituary.
I met him in my very first class at North Texas when I started my doctorate in 1982. It turns out that it More >
Master Trumpet player Maurice André 1933-2012
Feb 26th
Maurice André 1984 (click to enlarge)
The world famous classical trumpeter Maurice André has died. He would have been 79 on May 21.
He worked in the mines of southern France in his teenage years. His father encouraged him to learn the trumpet. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 18. More >
Ringing iPhone interrupts Mahler’s Ninth
Jan 13th
A performance of Mahler’s ninth symphony by the New York Philharmonic, on January 10, 2012, was cut short 13 bars before the end. An iPhone located near the stage continued to play the default Marimba ringtone until conductor Alan Gilbert stopped the performance and addressed the guilty party directly.
According to Paul More >
