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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2003/06

From: Barbara Trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] study exchange + US part 2 :)
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 01:02:17 -0400

GO BUCKS!

b OSU '53

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Philip McKenzie wrote:

> Really all three schools, faculty, performing activities are quite good. No
> bad choices among them.
>
> That said, Columbus does have the National Champion Buckeye football team
> ("buckeye" is not actually translatable outside of the U.S.....uh, outside
> of Columbus, OH actually). Columbus also has a professional hockey team.
> It's where Jack Nicklaus grew up and it has the quality golf courses to
> prove it. It has the corporate headquarters for Wendy's hamburgers, White
> Castle hamburgers, and a couple of other regional restaurant chains. You'll
> never cook again. It is the only of the three towns you mentioned with a
> professional orchestra, currently where Gunter Wand is acting artistic
> advisor. It is, by a minute or two of latitude, the furthest south and
> perhaps the warmest. It is the only one of the three that is the state
> capitol. With 7 days notice you can buy a round trip plane ticket to
> Chicago for about $80. There's an orchestra in Chicago too. 90 minutes to
> Cincinnati, 2 hours or so to Severance Hall and the Cleveland Orchestra. A
> top notch oboist in the Columbus Symphony as well (Steve Secan). If you
> can't hear great oboe playing while living in Columbus, you're not trying.
>
> Now that must be plenty of ancillary information to rankle fans of Illinois
> and Iowa. Brag on your school, give it your best shot.
>
>
> Philip D. McKenzie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: doublereed-l-admin@-----.edu
> [mailto:doublereed-l-admin@-----.edu]On Behalf Of Anthony
> Parnther
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:00 PM
> To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] study exchange + US part 2 :)
>
>
> Danny,
>
> The University of Illinois is one of the largest collegiate instrumental
> music programs in the nation. (If not THE largest..) There are six concert
> bands at that particular institution and I know of numerous non-majors
> performing in almost all of them.
> Robert Sorton is the Oboe Professor at Ohio State. I happen to know him
> and his wife Pam (who is also a fantastic oboist) for they coached at the
> youth symphony camp near where I live. He is an incredible musician and
> pedagogue, and I think you would enjoy his guidance.
>
> These programs have web sites, take a look.
>
> University of Illinois.... http://www.music.uiuc.edu/
> Ohio State.... http://www.arts.ohio-state.edu/Music/
>
> Best of Luck!
> ARP
>
>
>
> >From: "Danny Yee" <celestar@-----.au>
> >Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> >To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> >Subject: [DR-L] study exchange + US part 2 :)
> >Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 19:26:22 +0800
> >
> >
> >Well... following on from my previous post (which was quite a long time
> >ago so I don't expect anyone to remember :) )
> >
> >Anyway, I'm just about to apply/submit my study exchange application
> >into my university to study in the US for the semester and wanted to
> >choose a college which let non-major students study Oboe and participate
> >in their orchestras/wind bands etc. (oh I'll be going in early 2004,
> >which is 1st semester over here in Australia, which will be Spring
> >semester for the US people I think.)
> >
> >I'm hoping there would equal opportunities for non-music majors in
> >getting into orchestras/bands, because it would be terrific to
> >experience this... playing in my own youth orchestra is fun, but playing
> >in another country is something else!
> >
> >Since I can only afford/pick colleges offered by my own University, and
> >must select one which offers my degree (electrical engineering) it
> >limits my choices quite significantly..... anyway, I've got these
> >colleges which suits these criteria:
> >
> >Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
> >Ohio State University, Columbus
> >University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
> >
> >There were others such as University of Minnesota - Duluth
> >that I haven't seen much about
> >
> >The question I'm hoping people on the list could answer is....
> >
> >Does anyone know much about these universities in terms of their
> >musical/oboe opportunities..? Any experiences in general with these
> >colleges... and recommendations/thoughts...?
> >
> >I've done some research myself in terms of their academic side but any
> >information from people ACTUALLY living/going/experienced would be ten
> >times better IMHO.
> >
> >Thanks everybody
> >
> >-Danny Yee
> >
> >
> >
> >
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