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Dann Zinn

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Music lives in contrasts.

Paul Hindemith

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People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts.

Leonard Bernstein

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“I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.”

Igor Stravinsky

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Igor Stravinsky | Apr 7, 2011 | Tags: , , | View Comments

“I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.”

Igor Stravinsky

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Igor Stravinsky | Apr 7, 2011 | Tags: , | View Comments

“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”

Don “Jake” Jacoby

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Don "Jake" Jacoby | Apr 4, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | View Comments

“Practice is a time put aside to work, work, work with dedication and commitment to becoming not only a better player but to realize (in time) what we all strive for, AND, that’s to earn the right to someday be called A MUSICIAN. A most royal title, if you please!”

Johannes Brahms

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“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind”

Louis Armstrong

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“All music is folk music, I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.”

Charlie Parker

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“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

Gustav Mahler

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Gustav Mahler | Apr 3, 2011 | Tags: , , | View Comments

“Tradition is laziness.”

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