Colored Sticks by Vasily Kandinsky, 1928 #guggenheim #guggenheimmuseum guggenheim.org/artwork/2007

Amazing parade weather. Thanks Dan Woog for catching the band in action!

The concert features Staples High School Symphonic Orchestra and Band, Jazz Ensemble, Orphenians, Choralaires and small ensembles. trib.al/ZcubhC9

Pops Concert Will Rock The Levitt 06880danwoog.com/2022/06/01/pop…

West Point euphoniumist Dr. Chris Leslie played for us and discussed his career! Thanks Dr. Leslie!

We keep rolling through the end of the year…great showing at the Memorial Day Parade on Monday and a stellar jazz combo gig tonight. Pops next week!

The home team, celebrating Pride Month!

"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he gives and receives praise." Seneca

First 30 seconds of rehearsal at least.

Congratulations to our students on a stellar Westport Pops concert! Thanks to my teammates for their continued collegiality and friendship.

Rehearsal of last night’s closing number, Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” with combined orchestra, band, choir, and alumni soloists.

“Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or clap or tap our feet.”

"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well." — Seneca

The only way to effectively deal with negative emotions, the only way to really reduce them, is through the mind, through the application of counteractive mental states that oppose the negative emotions affecting us. That’s the only real, long-term way to reduce them.

"[Be] like a vine that produces grapes without looking for anything in return." — Marcus Aurelius

Learnin’.

If you practice compassion, whether you believe in a religion or not, you will come to realize the value of compassion for your own peace of mind. Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.

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