The Svens at Bombs Away - Friday 9/25/2009 8pm

CORVALLIS - Come experience The Svens at Bombs Away Cafe, Friday, September 25, 2009.  The show starts at 8pm. The title of this show is "California Fever" - you'll hear a great story accompanied by some terrific tunes.  Hope to see you there.  CDs will be available too.

Corvallis Community Musicians Wanted - Once Upon a Mattress

Community Musicians wanted for CHS/CVHS Musical 

Once Upon a Mattress!

Opening Night is November 12
Show Closes November 22. 
(November 11 will be a preview performance)

Corvallis High School and Crescent Valley High School will put on a joint production of the musical Once Upon a Mattress.  This  two week run of performances is scheduled to open on November 12 and closes November 22.  (November 11 will be a preview performance)

Due to a high school band related event during part of that time, some of the parts will need to be covered by community players. 

This 1959 show sports a sophisticated and challenging score for a full pit orchestra (strings, winds, brass, percussion).  The orchestra rehearsals will likely begin in mid October - possibly one weeknight and Sunday afternoons.

If you are interested in being involved (even if you can only sub for a few shows) please contact Rob Birdwell AND Michael Grant at the following emails:

Michael Grant - Music Director
Rob Birdwell - http://www.birdwellmusic.com/Contact.aspx

Once Upon a Mattress - Pit Orchestra

1 PIANO 1 FLUTE (Doubling Piccolo) 1 OBOE 1 CLARINET 1 BASS CLARINET 1 HORN 1 TRUMPET I 1 TRUMPET II 1 TROMBONE

1 GUITAR (Acoustic with amp) 1 PIANO (Doubles Celeste) 1 HARP 2 VIOLINS (Divisi) 1 VIOLA (Divisi) 1 CELLO (Divisi) 1 BASS 1 PERCUSSION

Sweet Surrender CD - Now Released on CDBaby.com

It's been months in the making and finally "Sweet Surrender" is here! It has been quite an adventure attempting to formalize and release this collection of tunes that came about so spontaneously.

And I think the wait and work will be worth it. My hat is off to CDBaby.com - a fine (Portland, Oregon) outlet. Those folks have done a great job pulling off a major upgrade of their site and services. The benefits and new features will, by far, outweigh any technical glitches.

Like any endeavor, we all stumble now and then. But what the world remembers is that we were bold, got up, and did our thing the best way we know how!

Thanks for your support. I do hope you enjoy the CD - I enjoyed making it. You can order single MP3 tracks, all of the tracks digitally, or the (personally autographed) physical CD if you want!

Enjoy,

Rob Birdwell