Dear Britt Jazz and Quartet Academy students – Joelle here wishing you all a Thanksgiving full of gratitude. You are all so gifted with talents that will fill your lives year after year with joy. Believe it or not, it’s not too early to begin thinking about next summer. The website will be ready for you by Thanksgiving with details pertaining to both camps. Be in touch! Let us know your plans! And most of all, have a great holiday vacation.
… and into the sleepy season September 30, 2009
Susan here. I just wanted to give a short farewell, as today is my last day as Education Assistant for the Britt Institute, for this season at least. It was a great summer for me and I will cherish all the great memories and also the terrific people I met and worked with this year — especially Joelle. She is a real treasure.
Much is in flux, but hopefully I’ll be back here next year annoying people with emails about t-shirts, travel plans, and all that stuff. Until then… happy trails to us all!
The blog is heading into its hibernation season, but check back from time to time because Joelle will post anything new and exciting.
Thanks for everything!
–Susan
Opera in the Gardens September 29, 2009
We have some great video of the Opera in Gardens event at Eden Vale Winery! The Britt Institute has enjoyed some really wonderful evenings this past summer in partnership with Eden Vale to bring wine, beautiful scenery, great music, lovers of music, and supporters of Britt Institute together in a Tuesday night performance series to benefit our ongoing scholarship drive. This video is from a splendid night of wondeful singing by Madeline Abel-Kerns and Michael Morris. Enjoy!
Ritorna vincitor - http://vimeo.com/5690921
Summertime – http://vimeo.com/5688618
Bess You Is My Woman Now - http://vimeo.com/5708449
Alumni News! September 24, 2009
Instrumental Jazz Camp alum from 2005, Michael Byrne, has joined Smashing Pumpkins as their permanent drummer. Most excellent!
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2009/09/beaverton_19yearold_goes_from.html
… and all that jazz August 24, 2009
If you’d like to listen to (or download) the Jazzed About Jazz concert, this link will get you there: http://www.4shared.com/dir/9428336/6d681e66/Britt_Instrumental_Jazz_Camp_2009.html
The original recording was not broken down by tracks, so you need to listen through to find more specific tunes or combos — but it’s all there and it sounds really good!
Thank you to Jill Dillon for these photos from the Jazzed About Jazz Concert!
For your listening pleasure…. August 24, 2009
If you’d like to listen to, or download, the Final Recital for the String Quartet Academy you can do so at the following link: http://www.4shared.com/dir/19108869/f639e00c/Britt_String_Quartet_Academy_2009_Recita.html
(Unfortunately, due to technical problems, we only have the music available for the morning recital session.)
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” August 19, 2009
That’s a quote by Bob Marley… and something that is useful at certain points!
Your Staff: Craig, April, Susan, Nicie, Mark, Madolyn, and Joelle
Schmidt Family Winery August 19, 2009
This was such a beautiful day. The winery grounds are beautiful, the day was beautiful (if a little breezy), the music was beautiful. The light was so beautiful that I went around to each quartet and took a picture of each player individually with the idea of doing a nice gallery of photos… sort of a tribute to the great students of Britt’s String Quartet Academy 2009. And here it is:
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- Mariana
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- Tucker
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- Daniel
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- Michael
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- Tess
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- Calynn
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- Aaron
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- Ashley
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- Benjamin
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- Maren
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- Lawren
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- Kathleen
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- Heidi
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- Lauren
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- Brandon
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- Emma
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- Ivana
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- Rhea
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- Mei Mey
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- Taylor
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- Rachael
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- Rosi
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- Katt
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- Ardon
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- Than
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- Josh
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- Elisabeth
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- Natalie
Fantastic … and Tchaikovsky too. August 14, 2009
- Maestro Bay conducts the String Quartet Academy Orchestra
