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Musical Interests
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and
philosophy." My
Philosophy of Music:
Hmm, maybe Beethoven is right. It's a humbling statement for one who is
supposedly a philosopher by profession. It's a particularly gripping
statement for a philosopher who has also always loved music. You'd
think that I would then know something about philosophy of music, but I
haven't studied much philosophy of music, formally. The philosopher
Ludwig Wittgenstein says, "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be
silent," so I won't presume to say anything at all about philosophy of
music, except to paraphrase Wittgenstein: "Whereupon one cannot
speak about music, thereupon one must simply play music instead!" Early Music Ensemble at St. Lawrence University: I have played with this Early Music Ensemble since Fall 1999. We play medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music. I play traverso (baroque flute), recorders, and sometimes crumhorn. Unfortunately, this ensemble is not going to be active during the 2007-2008 academic year (and possibly beyond), and so I will need to look for new opportunities for musical expression. My
Instruments: I
started with a Grenser model traverso in boxwood made by
Tom Prescott. I
purchased this flute as well as my recorders from the
Von Huene Workshop. More recently I got a Rottenberg flute from
Peter Noy. Irish
Traditional Music:
I also have an Irish flute, made by
Terry
McGee; mine is his “Rudall Refined” model. Sometimes I
go to the Boxwood workshops and festival, to learn
more about playing wooden flutes of various kinds. Sound Clips: No, I am not posting sound
clips of my playing -- it might frighten your cats. There are sounds
clips of wooden flutes for early music available on the
Folkers & Powell
website. There are sounds clips of Irish flute playing in lots of
places, which leads me to . . . Web Links
for those who want to learn more about wooden flutes: There are many good web
sites. Besides those mentioned above, here are just a few of my
favorites -- they link to many more.
The
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