(This is continued from A Day in the Life: Part 2) After a week of improving their play on individual instruments and rehearsing with bands, orchestras, jazz combos and other musical groups, the students are ready to perform in concert.…
(This is continued from A Day in the Life: Part 1) As one o'clock rolls around, the students gather up their instruments and begin to head out to their 1:20 PM classes in Music Hall, Humanites, Ogg, Hamel Music Center…
Since 1929, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has invited young musicians -- middle school students (grades 6-8) and high school students (grades 9-12) -- to participate in its Summer Music Clinic (SMC) program. There they can enjoy all forms of music…
Preface: I've shown images from Kingman, Arizona in the past, but since it's one of the towns named in the song "Route 66" and since it's the town from which I started my drive to Oatman, I thought I should…
It dawned on me last night, assuming that dawn can happen at night, that I have a difficult time not going out to photograph the moon, especially the full moon. Some people like babies, some people like cats, I've just…
When you drive into Williams, Arizona, you can't help but notice that you're on Historic US Highway 66, or, as it's better known, "Route 66." This highway officially began in 1926 when the Bureau of Public Roads launched the nation’s…
While digging through some old photos, I came across a picture of a bridge. It's the Astoria–Megler Bridge, which crosses the Columbia River and connects the states of Oregon and Washington. We crossed it quite a few times in our…
I enjoy winter, I really do. But by March I'm ready for spring. After all, that's when the calendar says it's supposed to arrive. Unfortunately, March in Wisconsin is a crazy month. It can be 75 degrees and sunny one…
It's been a drab, dreary, almost snowless winter. My camera keeps asking me to take it for a walk and I keep ignoring it. But, I finally decided to get out and go for a walk in a garden. That…