Caledon the Musical

Caledon's large-scale project for RFL, "Caledon: The Musical" is finally out! A wonderful job by Prof Sputnik and crew and the citizens of Caledon! You may see it HERE or click on the image!

Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand"

I attended an inworld discussion at the Music Academy Online about composer Gustav Mahler and his choral Symphony No. 8, also known as the "Symphony of A Thousand", due to the almost 850 chorus and symphony members needed to perform it. The moderator was Juniper Eames (RL: Judith Ecklemeyer), who is a professor emerita of music history at Cleveland State U. I had the privilege of hearing this rarely performed work almost two years ago in RL and I can honestly say the experience of being literally surrounded by the performers was amazing. The music samples we were listening to and having explained to us was performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Robert Shaw, who is considered one of the greatest choral conductors of all time. It is nice to be able to experience things like this inworld.

Playing My Spanish Guitar

I purchased a Spanish acoustic guitar by Mr Robbie Dingo the other week and finally got around to playing it. It plays a very pretty rendition of Francisco Tarrega's "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" and allows you to click through to the next song segment rather smoothly for SL. I had to practice a bit to get the timing of it down. I would love it if more songs are made available for it, as my typist is such a novice player herself and enjoys being able to play such things inworld. If you'd like to see a moving picture of me playing it, Prof. Messmer made a lovely one that you may view: