My penultimate piano lesson … Lesson Seven: Eclipse and flow. OC Music & Dance blog, Aug. 24, 2017.
Lessons Five and Six: Pain and gain
My piano lessons continue at OC Music & Dance … Lessons Five and Six: Pain and gain. OC Music & Dance blog, Aug. 16, 2017.
Monster of a movie: Kaufman and Pacific take on ‘Jurassic Park’
By TIMOTHY MANGAN Richard Kaufman, Principal Pops Conductor of Pacific Symphony, answered the door of his classic Encino ranch house the other day in his bare feet and khaki shorts. When he’s not conducting symphony orchestras around the world in
Lesson Four: Age and Aptitude
My fourth piano lesson at OCMD … Lesson Four: Age and Aptitude. OC Music & Dance blog, Aug. 3, 2017.
Lesson Three: Commitment
My third piano lesson … Lesson Three: Commitment. OC Music & Dance blog, July 31, 2017.
Not just a walk in the park: The multi-layered life of Pacific Symphony cellist Bob Vos
By JAYCE KEANE Like many of Pacific Symphony’s musicians, cellist Bob Vos is married (to Vivian, a pianist) and has a child (a 3-year-old boy, Wesley). And while many musicians in the orchestra have additional music gigs, Bob is a
Music writer takes on the piano: Lesson One
The first in a series of articles I’ll be writing for OC Music & Dance: Music writer takes on the piano: Lesson One. OC Music & Dance blog, July 12, 2017.
Word: ‘Crescendo’
(One in an occasional series) Let us now consider an oft-misused and misunderstood word: Crescendo. Musicians get it, of course, but others don’t. Take this recent example: “After seven years of political fireworks over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a
Pianist Gloria Cheng to visit ‘Sonic Kitchen’
By TIMOTHY MANGAN Pianist Gloria Cheng will be driving down the freeway (we’re guessing the 5) from her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mount Washington next week to take part in the Pacific Symphony’s second and final “Sonic
The Making of a YouTube video
Here’s an article that I wrote for our affiliated organization, the community arts school OC Music& Dance. Singer Alex Boye came to town to make a music video with the musicians of OCMD and it was my job and delight