Word: solos
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However, the successful foundation of the ambience was quickly interrupted when the solo trumpeter, the only performer on the stage, entered sloppily, spitting the notes out of an under-formed embouchure. In addition, the four flutes positioned in the balcony were sharp but slightly out of step with each other during difficult atonal passages...
...someone who, as National Security Adviser during Bush's first term, often seemed overwhelmed by rivals in the war Cabinet, Rice has displayed striking confidence in her early forays as a diplomat. Foreign officials note that she likes to play solo, holding meetings without a phalanx of regional experts. Others report that she is unexpectedly generous with her time, even to countries that have been sharply critical of the U.S. At the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in February between Arab and Israeli leaders, Rice met with all the participants individually but steered clear of the summit to avoid the appearance...
...local artists feel the station's early playlist matches that goal. "I wish they played less Jay-Z and Beyoncé and more African videos," says Thandiswa Mazwai, who shot to fame as the lead singer of platinum-selling South African band Bongo Maffin before releasing her first solo album last year. "We want something that gives African musicians the most rotation." Roedy's response: "We launched with a 30% split to African music, and our commitment is to grow that to at least 50%. There is absolutely no reason why African artists cannot influence and lead the world." --By Simon...
...program they have prepared for Saturday’s concert will feature a program that Sternlight describes as “very challenging solo piano works,” with Chopin’s Premiere Ballade, Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, and Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Op. 23, No. 5 in G Minor. Most of the performers, in addition to their undergraduate curriculum, study music extra-curricularly with teachers from the Longy School and New England Conservatory. Original student compositions will additionally make up some of the program, including a new piece entitled Sonatina by Derrick L. Wang...
...shaman-like. He’ll talk to the audience, take requests, curtsy cutely after each song, and generally change your life. Download “The Moon” off of The Microphones’ The Glow, Pt. 2, if you need a taste. Woelv is also a solo singer-songwriter, but she sings in French and is far, far less penetrable than Elvrum, if such a thing is possible...