{"id":337,"date":"2006-05-16T00:26:27","date_gmt":"2006-05-16T05:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=337"},"modified":"2006-05-16T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2006-05-16T05:27:11","slug":"a-cornet-solo-to-shatter-the-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/05\/16\/a-cornet-solo-to-shatter-the-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"A cornet solo to shatter the silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/147389173\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/44\/147389173_3d5ffcc747.jpg?resize=400%2C400\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Sub-Evil Boy's first jazz solo\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been <em>over a month<\/em> since I last posted, which is a sign of how incredibly busy things have been here.  My apologies to anyone who&#8217;s actually noticed. :-)<\/p>\n<p>Finals week and graduation are over, and grades are due Wednesday night, so there is light at the end of the tunnel (if a reasonable amount of grading pain between here and there).  With a little luck I&#8217;ll return to some posting and being a somewhat less pathetic on-line citizen.  In the meantime feel free to go visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/\">my Flickr photostream<\/a>, where there are various bits and dribbles of my life on display.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet of images above are from tonight&#8217;s Morris Area Schools end-of-the-year jazz concert, and show <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/SubEvilBoy\/\">Sub-Evil Boy&#8217;s<\/a> first jazz solo.  He wrote his own solo and presented it to Mrs. Vick (the excellent director).  (We were well in the back of the auditorium, so these are crops out of long shots, and consequently pretty soft.)  He did a really nice job, as did the entire band.  Pretty amazing given that they&#8217;ve only been in jazz band one school year.  Well done all!<\/p>\n<p>I again apologize for the <em>long<\/em> silence, and hope to be &#8220;back on the air&#8221; soon.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been over a month since I last posted, which is a sign of how incredibly busy things have been here. My apologies to anyone who&#8217;s actually noticed. :-) Finals week and graduation are over, and grades are due Wednesday night, so there is light at the end of the tunnel (if a reasonable amount &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/05\/16\/a-cornet-solo-to-shatter-the-silence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A cornet solo to shatter the silence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,1,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/04\/09\/another-fine-jazz-fest\/","url_meta":{"origin":337,"position":0},"title":"Another fine Jazz Fest","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"9 Apr 05","format":false,"excerpt":"We just got back from tonight's UMM Jazz Fest, and it was another evening of high energy (and high volume) jazz. Jazz 1 was hot and tight, and the alumni played with their characteristic enthusiasm. We didn't get many combos, but the ones we did were nice and included one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":111,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/04\/09\/were-off-to-jazz-fest\/","url_meta":{"origin":337,"position":1},"title":"We&#8217;re off to Jazz Fest!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"9 Apr 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight is the third and final night of UMM's annual Jazz Festival, and is the night when we have tickets. Hurrah! Currently listening to: North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) Lab '76. They have an excellent jazz program there, and we used to catch them whenever we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1002,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/06\/14\/a-little-weirdness-in-todays-family-radio-programming\/","url_meta":{"origin":337,"position":2},"title":"A little weirdness in today&#8217;s family radio programming","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"14 Jun 09","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the start of the 2nd Annual sUMMer Jazz Experience, which Sub-Evil Boy will be participating in. Registration is from noon to 2pm, with a little welcome address at 2 for the families before they abandon their offspring to the Demons of Jazz Music. 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She's finally recorded a proper studio CD, and he of course had to give out lots of copies for Xmas.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":607,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/07\/28\/two-music-lists-well-aged\/","url_meta":{"origin":337,"position":5},"title":"Two music lists, well aged","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"28 Jul 07","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in pretty much full on crazy mode cleaning, sorting, and packing for our year long research sabbatical in Colchester, UK. In the process I ran across two old music lists and felt compelled to share. The first was a little playbill sheet for bands playing at Karl's Coffee. 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