Notes / ideas / NOTICE OF PERFORMANCES:
Update as of May 09, 2020
In August 2018 I managed to interest Saxophonist Kyle Hutchins in a new work for Alto Sax and Piano. During the "email discussion," Kyle mentioned that he may be able to interest other musicians in: 1) a possible offer of 'Up Front Funding" to compose the work from a Consortium of musicians and 2) a possibility of having it performed in several other venues across the US. I think I'm dreaming all this? Is this really happening?
ICYMI: Here is what the cellist, Dorothy Braker, sent me regarding the performance of my two String Trios on Monday July 23rd in New Hampton, New Hampshire:
A number of our audience were professional musicians, and I got very positive comments from them! The whole audience seemed to really enjoy the program and I did a lot of question asking about the trios, and got a great audience response. They heard what you wanted them to hear, I thought it was very successful!
And there was this from Jan A Nielsen:
I actually really enjoyed it! Everything was very new for me, but that was excellent. I got a lot of positive comments about your trios, too -- my husband liked them, and I did, too. Thank you for those!
On Monday, July 23, 2018, The Portsmouth, NH Symphony Orchestra and Throwback Brewery (of New Hampton, NH) will be sponsoring a concert of contemporary music for Strings. The event begins at 7 PM with a discussion about climate change by Barry N. Rock, Professor Emeritus, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. After this, members of the Orchestra will perform a String Quartet by Joel Love followed directly with two new String Trios by Lisa Renee Ragsdale of Minneapolis, MN. Lisa wrote the first one in 2013 and the second in 2017, and both are directed at those who refuse to believe in the scientific facts of climate change. The final work will be a Quartet by David Balakrishnan; his “Tree of Life” Quartet. The event ends at 10 PM.
More information can be found @ “Portsmouth, NH Events” or through Ms. Ragsdale.
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"People central to your life could vanish. We have so little time, one with another."
Shelby Hearon, Novelist
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Lisa,
Please don’t get caught up in the “what ifs”.
There is no certain future. There is only now. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. The only reason I continue on is that I have too much curiosity about what will happen tomorrow. I can never make up what really happens. If I live under the shadow of maybe, I could not function. One cannot live under the influence of fear. Fear of what might happen will cripple you.
Start writing. If a bomb falls on you tomorrow, it won’t matter. You did what you set out to do.
Michael F. Hunt, PhD / Composer
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"The only permanent thing is change."
Unknown?
In August 2018 I managed to interest Saxophonist Kyle Hutchins in a new work for Alto Sax and Piano. During the "email discussion," Kyle mentioned that he may be able to interest other musicians in: 1) a possible offer of 'Up Front Funding" to compose the work from a Consortium of musicians and 2) a possibility of having it performed in several other venues across the US. I think I'm dreaming all this? Is this really happening?
ICYMI: Here is what the cellist, Dorothy Braker, sent me regarding the performance of my two String Trios on Monday July 23rd in New Hampton, New Hampshire:
A number of our audience were professional musicians, and I got very positive comments from them! The whole audience seemed to really enjoy the program and I did a lot of question asking about the trios, and got a great audience response. They heard what you wanted them to hear, I thought it was very successful!
And there was this from Jan A Nielsen:
I actually really enjoyed it! Everything was very new for me, but that was excellent. I got a lot of positive comments about your trios, too -- my husband liked them, and I did, too. Thank you for those!
On Monday, July 23, 2018, The Portsmouth, NH Symphony Orchestra and Throwback Brewery (of New Hampton, NH) will be sponsoring a concert of contemporary music for Strings. The event begins at 7 PM with a discussion about climate change by Barry N. Rock, Professor Emeritus, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. After this, members of the Orchestra will perform a String Quartet by Joel Love followed directly with two new String Trios by Lisa Renee Ragsdale of Minneapolis, MN. Lisa wrote the first one in 2013 and the second in 2017, and both are directed at those who refuse to believe in the scientific facts of climate change. The final work will be a Quartet by David Balakrishnan; his “Tree of Life” Quartet. The event ends at 10 PM.
More information can be found @ “Portsmouth, NH Events” or through Ms. Ragsdale.
***************************************************************************************
"People central to your life could vanish. We have so little time, one with another."
Shelby Hearon, Novelist
##############################################
Lisa,
Please don’t get caught up in the “what ifs”.
There is no certain future. There is only now. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. The only reason I continue on is that I have too much curiosity about what will happen tomorrow. I can never make up what really happens. If I live under the shadow of maybe, I could not function. One cannot live under the influence of fear. Fear of what might happen will cripple you.
Start writing. If a bomb falls on you tomorrow, it won’t matter. You did what you set out to do.
Michael F. Hunt, PhD / Composer
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"The only permanent thing is change."
Unknown?