The Meaning of Music - Corvallis Art Center

On Saturday March 18 and Sunday March 19, I took part in a really neat performance - a melange of story and music performed on the Corvallis Art Center stage. The program on Saturday night went so well I video taped the Sunday performance, which also went quite well. Bach, Bartok, spoken word, poetry and free Jazz were the order for the day. John Bliss and I performed a free Jazz piece that segued into a All The Things You are - fun stuff!

"Free Association" and "All the Things You Are" performed by Rob Birdwell and John Bliss.

Although we didn't do a piece with all five of us together, to my "audio montage" of all five of us performing. Bach, Bartok, spoken word and Free Jazz all re-mixed together! Maybe someday we'll actually do something like this live!



Kathleen Dean Moore (Author), Rachelle McCabe (Piano), Anne Ridlington (Cello), John Bliss (Guitar), Rob Birdwell (Trumpet/Flugelhorn)

A listing of the works performed:

• Prelude from Suite #3 for Unaccompanied Cello, J.S. Bach
• Maria, Leonard Bernstein
• “The Augmented Fourth” - Kathleen Dean Moore
• Intermezzo from Opus 26, Robert Schumann
• Sarabande from Suite #3 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach
• "The Testimony of the Marsh, Kathleen Dean Moore
• Improvisations from Opus 20, Béla Bartok
• Gigue from Suite #3 for Unaccompanied Cello, J.S. Bach
• "In Endless Song" - Kathleen Dean Moore
• How Can I Keep From Singing? - Folk hymn
• Valse Sentimentale, Tchaikovsky
• Free Association / All the Things You Are- Jerome Kern/John Bliss/Rob Birdwell
• "To Music" - Ranier Maria Rilke

9 Year Old's Reaction to Receiving an Xbox

My son recently turned 9. For his birthday he received an Xbox (the "classic" model). We suspected he'd be happy and excited - it's a pretty cool device...but when his happiness spilled into tears of joy, well...that just begs for a movie! A take-off on the Visa commercials, it's about 16 seconds long - enjoy!

Frey's Xbox Movie 2006

Photo's by Christel Birdwell, Music by Rob Birdwell