Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera
No joke, that’s the full name of the orchestra I went to see this Monday; the only real professional orchestra that I know of in Saigon. They played a really cool repertoire; consisting of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Violin Concerto in D Major; Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on the theme of Paganini; and Mussorgsky’s Dawn on the … Read more
My performance: Gnossienne No. 3
Just a quick video of me performing Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie. Unless I’m mistaken, this is the first video taken with my new Nikon D3100. Please feel free to leave comments here, or head over to YouTube to thumb up the video, or comment over there.
Music Jokes: Viola
You didn’t think I was going to finish this series without viola jokes did you! No. In fact, I’ve got a particularly long one this time. It’s in two sections, the short jokes, and then (after the break), some longer jokes. I personally think the longer jokes are actually better, although the viola jokes are … Read more
Music Jokes: Guitars & Modern Music
For the final section in this series of jokes about music and musical instruments, I’m moving on to more modern styles of music. Before we start on this, I’m just going to give you a run down of what we’ve done so far: General Music Jokes Conductors Strings Woodwind & Brass Percussion Vocalists And now … Read more
Music Jokes: Vocalists
We’re starting this series of musical jokes back up with vocalists. This includes jokes that relate to professionals, and some jokes that are specific to amateur singers. I think that these are actually really good. You can see the previous post, on percussion, here. What’s the difference between a soprano and a terrorist? You can … Read more
Music Jokes: Percussion
Now we’re onto the bangers of the orchestra. These guys don’t have many jokes either, although the ones there are are quite good. You can see the previous section, on Woodwind & Brass, here. What are we at now? Part 5 of the musical jokes series? Why are orchestra intermissions limited to 20 minutes? … Read more
Music Jokes: Woodwind & Brass
Here’s where my own instrument comes into play in this series of jokes about musical instruments. Have a look at the section on Strings here. Unfortunately, I didn’t find very many clarinet jokes, but there was one in particular that I loved. Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from the … Read more
Music Jokes: Strings
Next up in our ongoing series of musical jokes is the string section. See the section on conductors here. I’ve left out the viola, because there are just two many viola jokes to fit in this section. How many second violinists does it take to change a light bulb? None. They can’t get up that high! … Read more
Music Jokes: Conductors
This is the second part of a series of posts which are simply lists of musical jokes. See the first part here. After general music jokes, I thought the conductor would be appropriate to make fun of, standing up there waving his stick about. What do do with a horn player that can’t play? … Read more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Soundtrack
This is a response to a conversation I had with my friend over Facebook. His comment was: the music was different. usually its all orchestral nd stuff. this time there was electronic john hopkins liek stuff and medeval sounding acoustic guitars. im talking background music specifically just my opinion Background music. Exactly. That’s all it … Read more
