On Aug 17, 11:22 pm, Steve de Mena <st...@stevedemena.com> wrote: MIFrost wrote: 08/17/2008 Music of the ageless By JUDITH WHITE , For The Saratogian SARATOGA SPRINGS - Violinist Jerome Wigler sits in the heart of the Philadelphia Orchestra's second violin section surrounded by young players, many having won auditions for membership right after finishing their

Thornhill wrote: On Aug 17, 8:29 pm, MIFrost <sfro...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: Wigler is one of several musicians who attended the first conferences of ICSOM, the International Conference of Symphony Orchestra Musicians, and he traced the resulting improvements to musicians' wages and working conditions in the June issue of ICSOM's newsletter, "Senza Sordina." In many

08/17/2008 Music of the ageless By JUDITH WHITE , For The Saratogian SARATOGA SPRINGS - Violinist Jerome Wigler sits in the heart of the Philadelphia Orchestra's second violin section surrounded by young players, many having won auditions for membership right after finishing their studies. "I'm happy for these kids," he says. "They're great players, and they come into this orchestra and

Skipper's is still goin' strong, but the Blues Ship is gone...Daddy Wigler's, too. The only Blues in Ybor now is at Gaspar's Grotto... George ----- Original Message ----- From: Leonard Watkins<mailto:mannish@alltel.net> To: BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG<mailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:27 PM Subject: Re: tampa blues Loved my visits to Tampa

Not another "helluva guitar"!? That is the one thing about the IBC that I'm sick to death of, "Smokin',Killer, the Legendary, <insert fav Guitar Players"! It's not so much a Blues comp as it is a shred fest. 99%% of the bands there feature the guitar over voice, piano, harmonica, songwriting (whatever happened to that?)...anything. They are all starting to sound alike to me. I would