Wow! Today while walking the dog at Atascadero Lake, sleet fell upon us! (About 11AM) Unusual for us here in Atascadero. Not so for other area.. Did Snow or sleet fall on you today?
Update 11:54 AM and Sleet at our house too and it is strating to collect on the patio and the roof!
A spectacular conductor
Live Music Concerts and Opera from around the world streamed into Atascadero, CA.
Last Saturday, February 18th, 2012, we saw Gustavo Dudamel, 31 year old music director of the LA Philharmonic and Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela conducted Mahler’s 8th Symphony. The project was the conclusion of a month of Mahler. The two symphonies “split” the 8 works and collaborated on the final symphony along with an 1100 voice chorus from Venezuela.
What an overpowering experience!!!! Seeing a symphony in an HD theatre streaming from Caracas while having a Cold Stone ice cream cup is quite a ride. There was a full hour of interviews with Dudamel when he explained the project, sang portions of the symphony (followed by hearing a rehearsal of that portion of the music), and meeting members of both orchestras.
Read about Gustavo Dudamel from a Time Magazine Story – Incredible
There was a moving history of El Sistema (the music program in Venezuela for children). Imagine a teaching program where members of the orchestra teach and play with the young players. NO ONE is removed from the program. They play as long as they want to be part of it. If you read the Mission Vision and Philosophy for the Simon Bolivar Your Orchestra it is an inclusive and truly beautiful model to follow.
Yesterday (2/25/2012) we saw The New York Metropolitan Opera performing Verdi’s Ernani. It was spendid and we believe that dollar for dollar, If you enjoy opera, and . or orchestras, this it perhaps the BEST entertainment value you could ever find! We encourage you to take advantage of these performances for two reasons. First the support of the arts is important for the soul, and second supporting these events means that they can keep occurring for all of us!
We are very fortunate people.
Upcoming Live Event – 2/29/2012 7:00 PM Dudamel conducts Mahler 8 Encore Live from Venezuela
Upcoming Live Event – 4/7/12 9:00 AM The New York Metropolitan Opera Performs The Manon
Upcoming LIVE Events – 4/14/2012 9:55 AM The Metropolitan Opera performs La Traviata
THIS Wednesday (2/29/2012) NIGHT IN ATASCADERO THERE IS AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE AT Galaxy Theatres Atascadero The galaxy website makes these events a bit hard to find, hopefully that will improve.
The people at Google hasve done it again! What a wonderful idea to make world class art available to everyone worldwide. Imagine going to see the masterpieces of art around the world from your home. Imagine scholars and teachers being able to study and compare in detail, works from various museums all over the planet. Well Google has done it!
I have to admit Google Art Project is an incredible website that Google has made available for everyone! You can now see world class art from all over the world right on your computer. And it is FREE! Google took the time to travel to the worlds greatest art museums with their super duper Google cameras to record the contents of these museums.
You can go to a specific museum, do a walk through of the museum to explore the art, then you can look at particular pieces and zoom in to see even he brush strokes of the masters. You can actullly get closer with their photography zoomed in, than you would be allowed to if you were at the museum! Imagine art students being able to study the masters from their home or dormitory room! Imagine schools being able to take classes on tour around the world with no transportation costs! Well imagine no more. It is here today for you to see and enjoy. Just go to www.googleartproject.com and enjoy. I do!
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Please pass this link on to others, as almost everyone I tell about this has not yet heard about this amazing opportunity.
As Always
Charley Carlin, Editor
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