tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27911554291314158452024-02-19T03:05:33.493-08:00Bassoon With a ViewThe thoughts and adventures of a professional bassoonist living in the WILD WEST!Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-34371281352785230452022-07-21T15:01:00.004-07:002022-07-23T09:27:17.779-07:00Links for Roma Cafolla - IDRS Recital July 30, 2022<p><span style="font-size: medium;">You are hearing <i>Solace </i>Sonata for bassoon and piano (complete) and an excerpt of Cantare No. 4 <i>Salice.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch the full interview with Roma Cafolla <a href="http://HERE.">HERE.<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axNY7xPKusY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of Roma's works are published through <a href="https://fortonmusic.co.uk/music-composer/roma-cafolla/">Forton Music</a>. The rest of her catalog, you can request directly from her: info@romacafolla.co.uk</span></p><p><a href="http://www.romacafolla.co.uk"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.romacafolla.co.uk</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Music by Roma Cafolla:</span></p><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Bassoon</b></span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Capri
Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">6 Cantare
Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Arcanum
Oboe/Bassoon/Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Eyes
Flute/Oboe/Clarinet/Horn in F/Bassoon</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Playaround
Series Bassoon and Piano Bks 1-3</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Capers
Flute/Oboe/Bassoon</span></i></span></li><li><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Etudes
Solo Bassoon</span></i></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Fantasia
1,2,3, Oboe/Bassoon/Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Bassoon
Concerto Bassoon and String Orch</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Solace
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Cardiff
Bay Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Easy
Duos for Fab Players Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Intermediate
Duos for Fab Players</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Hornpipes Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Reels for Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Set Dances for Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Just
Me! Books 1-4 Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Tomorrow
Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Oboe</b></span></i></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Playaround
Series Oboe and Piano Bks 1-3</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Sonority
Flute/Oboe/Clarinet/Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Etudes
Solo Oboe</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Cardiff
Bay Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Easy
Duos for Fab Players Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Intermediate
Duos for Fab Players Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Hornpipes for Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Reels for Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Irish
Set Dances for Bassoon and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Just
Me! Books 1-4 Oboe and Piano</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Loch
Eske Oboe and Harp or Piano</span></i></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Quintets
for Fl/Ob/Cl/Bass/Hp or Pno</b></span></i></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Cardiff
bay</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Macushla</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Sleep
Peaceful</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Sugar
and Spice</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Will
O’ the Wisp</span></i></span></li></ul><p></p>
<br /><p></p>Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-48543357622641136742022-03-18T11:38:00.000-07:002022-03-18T11:38:01.415-07:00Baroque Bassoon Bonanza #2<p> Again, this is not really a Bonanza but it is so fun to alliterate!</p><p>I had my second lesson with Andrew Burn this week and learned that Switzerland changes Daylight Savings Time two weeks after we do in the United States - I had no idea. </p><p>Working intentionally to practice this past month revealed many things:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>it's challenging to carve out time for a "new" endeavor</li><li>it's challenging to motivate myself for an endeavor at which I am not "good"</li><li>it's challenging to think musically when I'm struggling with fundamentals</li><li>FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS</li><li>while the Baroque bassoon is a different instrument from my modern bassoon, and should be treated as such, the approach to learning is the same</li><li>reeds...</li></ul><div>Andrew has been working to help me sort out my reeds. I have three reeds that were supplied to my by Leslie Ross and a fourth reed which I purchased from a Baroque reedmaker in Canada. None of these are easy to play on for various reasons, pitch and response being the biggest issues. Andrew graciously sent me four of his old reeds to get a sense of their potential for matching my instrument. They worked well and were appropriately pitched which was a huge relief. My proposal for my sabbatical includes learning Baroque reedmaking but I must admit, I'm so overwhelmed with learning the instrument and the performance practice, it's hard to imagine at this point how I will also manage learning reedmaking. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our lesson together went well enough. Andrew performs and teaches at a level vastly superior to where I am currently playing or even at which I have knowledge. It's wonderful to hear him play in lessons, the nuance of style, character and rhythm is immediately beautiful. Unfortunately, I'm still so mired in the logistics of playing, I'm not able to respond and make quick adjustments in my lesson.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a crucial illustration of an ongoing challenge I have with my own students. <b><i> </i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>One of my single greatest frustrations with my teaching is feeling vastly underutilized by most of my studio.</i></b> </span> I want to to talk about making beautiful music. In reality, I spend most lessons with students reminding them to flick, half-hole, fix fingerings, adjust reeds, model practicing; living in the world of fundamentals. But in this process I'm reminded that they are struggling with those fundamentals and therefore cannot jump ahead to the communication of beautiful music. </div><div><br /></div><div>One of my goals for this sabbatical is to ponder this quandary: how can I get my students to master their fundamentals earlier in their studies (though we never abandon fundamentals) so that we can get to music-making. This is a process addressed each semester but also within the arc of 8 semesters of collegiate study. Determining when in each lesson, when in each semester, and when in their total studies I stop hearing the minutiae of scales, technique etc and pass that responsibility over to them to manage on their own so that we can spend more of our time together working on the music made possible by robust fundamentals. As part of that careful process, when and what repertoire to select that challenges and compliments their foundational work without overwhelming. </div><div><br /></div><div>This week's lesson with Andrew demonstrated that I have made progress on the instrument, finding more clarity in my tone, improved intonation, and early attempts at ornamentation. He also encouraged me to do some needed repair work to the instrument to fix the stuck low b-flat key on my own which is pictured below. Finally, a recording of my current progress. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNKxskrsoNi3o2WOBfZ9kzU4qLlSdmX3ugDByP99CJdkKj-1rVfg94Hdg1YmYSfoeluG1OdNKcp4JCqecGmjWreBLIpT1z_rG5bpYrc7yORbi3wXTz1c77Yk-VQki7deiRs5XUKq85UsKShwKuo-uuq8F5smA4F-u8RZAGX9YsLsdu73df-VXsmGo0g/s4032/20220315_113819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNKxskrsoNi3o2WOBfZ9kzU4qLlSdmX3ugDByP99CJdkKj-1rVfg94Hdg1YmYSfoeluG1OdNKcp4JCqecGmjWreBLIpT1z_rG5bpYrc7yORbi3wXTz1c77Yk-VQki7deiRs5XUKq85UsKShwKuo-uuq8F5smA4F-u8RZAGX9YsLsdu73df-VXsmGo0g/s320/20220315_113819.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyy_14vSgKiKtxmEbUCASkPPoQHNa7sW0yCQS7bRgcFnxlcosu87n6A8fUBYEKZpZ4sFgDFepYueL-Aszvyaw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="202" src="https://www.bandlab.com/embed/?id=fd5f964f-eaa6-ec11-a99b-501ac512ad32" width="480"></iframe></div>Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-21252665853041062812022-02-16T15:01:00.006-08:002022-02-16T15:06:16.579-08:00Baroque Bassoon Bonanza<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1wZXkIYmJKDQ4sy5BgluKDJ0AuHGqgLhJPmCD8N1dTgh0ifSZPp61TJYNoKAZMN5m0MhyRM-cHd1_FXcIcyEaqK1YgXOCXuDXwb89JgJZT_C02wyolWOgyjrlEpIYxVi1MsiNZRKBFSpyzN4sfH2w5fGagbTKdWVv9xb_XMnYs_qXc4qIQl4bPSZ1MQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1wZXkIYmJKDQ4sy5BgluKDJ0AuHGqgLhJPmCD8N1dTgh0ifSZPp61TJYNoKAZMN5m0MhyRM-cHd1_FXcIcyEaqK1YgXOCXuDXwb89JgJZT_C02wyolWOgyjrlEpIYxVi1MsiNZRKBFSpyzN4sfH2w5fGagbTKdWVv9xb_XMnYs_qXc4qIQl4bPSZ1MQ=w213-h379" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Today I had my first lesson with bassoonist Andrew Burn. </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>http://burnbassoon.com/</li><li>https://bassoons.ch/about/</li><li>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0mkC65IarKTxt7ivhBHBQ</li><li>https://www.survivingclassicalmusic.com/</li><li>https://www.patreon.com/burnbassoon/posts</li></ul><div>It was wonderful...and humbling...and a reminder of so many things I say to my students which are now being said to me:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>figure out your fingerings (so we can focus on music)</li><li>"It all sounds the same..."</li><li>Long tones</li><li>Kovar studies</li></ul><div>But first, I need to back up to explain why I'm studying with a Swiss-based historical bassoonist over Zoom.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>In 2019 I ordered a Baroque bassoon from <a href="http://www.leslieross.net/">Leslie Ross, bassoon-maker</a>. Over the years, and because of a few less than positive experiences, it became obvious that I need to learn a lot more about performance practice. The opportunity presented itself to have a bassoon built and I seized it! It took about 6 months to receive the bassoon. You can watch my unboxing and first horrible notes here:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iE35WINjoWA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>After receiving the instrument with a few reeds from Leslie and a fingering chart, I went to work teaching myself how to play. It didn't really go anywhere. In the summer of 2019, I headed up to Bozeman, Montana to attend the <a href="https://baroquemusicmontana.org/montana-early-music-festival/">Baroque Music Montana Period Performance Workshop.</a> It was a wonderful experience to be placed in an ensemble and perform with other professional modern players who were novice period performers. The experience whet my appetite for learning and growing as an informed period performer. The Baroque world is an entire world unto itself with a unique and distinct set of performers, teachers, repertoire, ensembles, and instruments different from modern bassoon. If I have learned anything about period performance it's that you have to leave behind everything you know about music as a modern player and open your mind and ears to something entirely new...or old. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8MFmy-FB-ibIlsOa5iG5cPffVpp5l8QIFQt8-k1DyMGkzlXShdIJrlJayvlk7WdcFGVf2KzS63Dk-x0mbxy2AB-OCC4lo-SbVxdkayW-GtZa57EhEmNO7qUsrFQmMIxWnOBbm7fjZ9kSUt3TFwjRdW4nLGfKusBsOLRicyZhB8ZweCB-zSFo6vmMPQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8MFmy-FB-ibIlsOa5iG5cPffVpp5l8QIFQt8-k1DyMGkzlXShdIJrlJayvlk7WdcFGVf2KzS63Dk-x0mbxy2AB-OCC4lo-SbVxdkayW-GtZa57EhEmNO7qUsrFQmMIxWnOBbm7fjZ9kSUt3TFwjRdW4nLGfKusBsOLRicyZhB8ZweCB-zSFo6vmMPQ=w545-h307" width="545" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can watch my performance (on modern bassoon) here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFRp3umDfKE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Enter global pandemic....fast forward to fall 2021. I achieved CFS status at BYU-Idaho (our version, though nothing like a tenure process) which allowed me to apply for my first faculty leave (sabbatical). I decided it was time to carve out meaningful Baroque study with master teachers, players, and ensembles. I submitted my application for leave in Jan - April 2023, traveling in the US and Europe to study Baroque bassoon and performance practice. My leave was approved and funded - wow!</div><div><br /></div><div>However exciting it was to receive that news, it was hampered with the reality that in over two years of owning my own instrument, I really had learned very little and had made no meaningful process.</div><div><br /></div><div>I started researching how I could begin my studies immediately despite being in southeastern Idaho, thousands of miles from any major center of period performance. Even though I was a year away from my sabbatical, I knew I needed to start preparing now if my leave plans were going to amount to anything productive. I wanted to function in my leave as a Baroque bassoonists who was well in control of my instrument and some rep, not as a beginner. I found Andrew Burn and his many resources to include a masterclass he was holding with Dominic Teresi. </div><div><br /></div><div>I joined Andrew's Patreon to access more of his resources and masterclasses. It was obvious I had so much to learn and as much as I desired to expand my knowledge, I wasn't engaged in structured learning. In fact, I wasn't even sure how to structure my learning of both the instrument and performance practice. I had a lot of questions but not the confidence to ask. I increased my Patreon level which included a monthly lesson, and that is where I am at today. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's my goal within this process and upcoming sabbatical to use this experience to remind myself of the challenges associated with the learning process of my students. There are so many challenges a student has to face as they enter a degree program and move swiftly from novice to competent to masterful. Already, I feel more empathy:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>lack of confidence</li><li>humility in learning</li><li>amassing resources</li><li>reaching out to master teachers/performers</li><li>lesson anxiety</li><li>lesson inability</li></ul><div>I'm very excited to embark on this journey and to document my thoughts and experiences. In the spirit of transparency and to help the reader appreciate how high the mountain is which I must climb, here's a sample of my current playing. Enjoy...?</div></div><div> </div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="202" src="https://www.bandlab.com/embed/?id=fe9a5571-098a-ec11-94f6-501ac5d80982" width="480"></iframe>Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-5919908905483359692021-09-08T11:48:00.002-07:002022-02-01T08:53:56.003-08:00Chronicle of COVID19 Infection and Long-Haul Syndrome (post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection - PASC)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Many people have suggested I compile my journey through COVID19 infection and long-haul. The best way for me to do this efficiently was to collect the posts from my FB page in which I captured my thoughts and experiences in real-time. This may or may not be of any actual interest to bassoonists. At the very least it's compelling to see how long this virus affected my professional work - about 10 mos of restricted playing and productivity. I marked my return to playing/productivity in Fall semester 2021 by completing a recording project of Roma Cafolla pieces for solo bassoon with collaborator, Allison Andersen.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLGrAgUm18oL7a-nbOMwBu698aERG7yEky" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Some article links came through, some did not. Keep in mind that personal commentary reflected research and data as it was developing. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 12, 2020</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking for all your favorite home remedies for body aches (beyond Tylenol) because these are wicked and have been for several days. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, I have COVID19. Yes, I got it from close family members with whom I was unmasked, indoors for several hours. #regrets Yes, I have been tested and confirmed positive. Yes, I have multiple "underlying conditions." Yes, I have been consistent with my mask wearing with the one exception that caused me to be infected. I cannot smell or taste anything. Other symptoms align with a severe head cold + mild flu. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The BODY ACHES are slaying me. Send remedies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Post edit: THANK YOU for the outpouring of wonderful remedies and thoughts and prayers!!!!! 😊💓 I have a curbside pickup set with every single item suggested from you all! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 14, 2020</b></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those curious about COVID19, here's my experience thus far: </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Exposed on Tues Sept 29 when I chose to spend several hours, indoors, unmasked with family members. The next day, two family members were tested (symptomatic) with 15 min positive results. The night before with us, they had ZERO symptoms. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Yes, I am absolutely positive this is when I was infected based on my masking habits and activities.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Friday October 2: first symptoms (loss of smell, body aches, headache), first test administered</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tuesday October 6: fever, onset of upper respiratory congestion, second test administered, symptoms worsen each day</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Saturday October 10: positive test results, symptoms continue to worsen </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday October 12: EIPH phone call tracking symptoms as an active case, congestion drops to chest, intense body aches much more severe than previous days</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wednesday October 14: EIPH second phone call, continue as an active case as symptoms remain (cough/congestion, severe body aches, etc) Good news: sense of smell/taste has begun to return. I assume this is an excellent indicator. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My husband has tested negative. We are still waiting on the test results for Morgan who is also asymptomatic. Testing in our area is extremely slow (5 days for both of my test results) unless you work in certain professions and can access rapid testing.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm very grateful the respiratory issues have been manageable. I am shocked by the experience of losing taste/smell. The most taxing symptoms for me have been the body aches/headaches unrelated to fever - which I had for only 24 hours. In general, I feel like I'm heading towards improvement as of today though super exhausted from 13 days of illness - quite different from a basic head cold or simple flu! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">THANK YOU to everyone who has reached out with remedies, kind thoughts, positive support! Considering my underlying conditions (obesity, severe vitamin D deficiency, pacemaker "heart patient," Hashimoto's...) I know I have been quite fortunate. Please take this seriously! I observe that our experience as a family (nuclear and extended) is completely consistent with what the science has so far proven.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 16, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19 update:</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought I was doing well enough until a friend/colleague reached out to me and shared that they were "feeling almost normal" - they are 14 days from first symptoms (which were very different from mine). </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am 15 days from onset of symptoms. I was not tracked as an active case with EIPH until 9 days after symptoms began. I have not been released as an active case. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My current symptoms: STILL coughing, mild nasal congestion, body aches, exhaustion, headaches, still lacking full taste of smell/taste.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first week of symptoms were manageable. Entirely online, I still: taught class, lessons, meetings, chamber coaching, etc. I even spent about 5 hours on Saturday (day 9) playing and recording a <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/triodebois/?__cft__[0]=AZUd3WVTL8_S1wqb6wjIRwcuXnwnIg8Tgd1TbJMq1XZnwHGc-EHWxZPTN5A0egDYgfd9-n9UYsQEmjCwSgWqc7YUd-PvHAx1Hp235hZk5h1-1cq2ZmpY053D4w-XdgIqAL4_E9-YHUaZpqJiUioTyUx4&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Trio de Bois</span></a> project - despite coughing and sneezing. Saturday night is when things transitioned.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This week has been basically awful between the coughing, congestion, headaches and body aches. I have accomplished nothing and cancelled everything. I "helped" my husband move some winter wood yesterday but really spent most of the chore sitting in front of the fire feeling lightheaded and faint...and coughing. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ken and Morgan have both tested negative and remain asymptomatic.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 19, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19 UPDATE: 18 days from first symptoms. This is a dry cough that produces nothing but back, chest, throat pain and lightheaded-ness (is that a word?). I know I'm getting better but you do a few of these in an hour and it's exhausting and painful. This one I captured just now isn't too bad relative to some of my coughing spasms earlier today. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/overit?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX6Aa60lQJ3rRm_7AS-3ud-bGoTBFltcx4Cg9-Su0YVR6-rUkF7jKf-dgacuxqI6q9QTHJO8W-FLdN95g4jYaSHyhb3Zfr_vdOwq6dqwKcIeFhDBQirieK5eFe5LtowdGw7PwWAWFoofPdA4K6a8BD_&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#overit</a> I'm sharing this because too many think it's like a basic head cold or flu...and for some it is. Also, not everyone ends up hospitalized on a ventilator. I'm somewhere in the middle where I suspect most people are with symptoms: protracted, disruptive and nagging. I'm EIGHTEEN days into this nonsense. I've been trying to learn more about virus shedding, something that scientists are still working to understand with COVID19. I would guess that in our community, people are shedding and transmitting longer than they realize after symptoms have improved (even when released as an active case) but have not eliminated all symptoms. I have many more thoughts but I realize this is a trigger topic. Just be smart, be informed, and respect others who lack a robust immune system. If someone asks you to pull up/wear your mask, maybe just do it without feeling attacked.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 20, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID 19 UPDATE: every day I truly think I am turning the corner and then the symptoms change in some unexpected fashion. Yesterday afternoon I was overwhelmed with chest pain and lightheadedness, with my heart rate over 100. Important to understand that my pacemaker is required 39% of the time to keep my HR over 60. Any HR over 100 for me is usually as a result of strenuous activity (yes, I know how bizarre that is). It became obvious that it was time to be seen in my clinic (under HAZMAT-type protocols) as I was very nervous about...everything. My blood oxygen was excellent (YAY!) but my HR was 108. The doctor said I have now developed bronchitis which is causing all the symptoms I am currently battling. I was prescribed steroids and two different cough suppressants. He said that the bronchitis could now last another 4 - 6 weeks!!!!! Surely, that can't be my situation but I share it FYI. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today I am definitely feeling reprieve from spasmodic coughing but still struggling with the chest pain and light-headedness. In addition to my normal dose of potassium and Vitamin D I am still using almost all the many wonderful remedies from so many dear friends and family: Vitamin C, arnica/magnesium oil, CBD recovery lotion, Epsom baths, vapo rub on chest and feet, peppermint oil in humidifier (limited), and lots of tea with honey (raised by my student and professional beekeeper <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/tara.nelson.507027?__cft__[0]=AZX1Y8KW8xYYpx_1OkM0njKFWCeHqrXXQOm7iRpi_QuJA1ClseqUU42kEsgWgvRt-CkbJJEHR4Zq4q1EXCxG-J_tx_O9_wbKFut576AGvn1nijeBtwnPZZbFHN88iEzTRAM&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Tara Nelson</span></a> locally - it's extraordinary in quality). Trying to keep moving/productive has become impossible. I haven't napped in three days with the chest pain aggravated when laying down. I began a nice sleep last night but was up at 2 am with a lot of chest pain. Did a bit of sleeping in the recliner after that but mostly feeling more like a zombie in the past 24 hours.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">It really is frustrating! I thought for sure on Sunday I was going to be back to teaching and then everything changed so quickly on Monday. I'm learning that there simply isn't a lot of palliative care possible for this (making me truly grateful for so many helpful holistic remedies) in addition to the limited clinical care. I can see that this is going to change how I live until a meaningful/effective vaccine is made available (so grateful to my Sisser <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/stacey.petrey?__cft__[0]=AZX1Y8KW8xYYpx_1OkM0njKFWCeHqrXXQOm7iRpi_QuJA1ClseqUU42kEsgWgvRt-CkbJJEHR4Zq4q1EXCxG-J_tx_O9_wbKFut576AGvn1nijeBtwnPZZbFHN88iEzTRAM&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Stacey Petrey</span></a> who keeps me well educated on this process). While I know I am building antibodies, all of my reading/listening indicates that we have no clear indicators for how long those antibodies will be effective within my immune system and reinfection is possible - I just can't even imagine doing this again. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ken and Morgan remain without symptoms and we may have them both retested just to be safe. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is day 19 since onset of symptoms. THANK YOU to everyone who has reached out via comments/messages/texts with wonderful remedies, prayers, and support! So much of it has helped! Thanks to those who have read my updates and not been triggered to leave charged comments. I realize we all have differing opinions surrounding community based protocols. My only hope in sharing this is to create a point of information based on experience. I know a few people who have had COVID19 but wasn't really sure what their experiences were and didn't want to pry. I share this only to create a point of information, take it or leave it.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 22, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19 UPDATE: 21 days from first symptoms. I'm confident that I have finally turned towards recovery in the past 24 hours. Bronchitis seems under control with 10-day regimen of steroids and 2 prescription cough suppressants + all previous remedies. Slept well the last 2 nights. I believe I have moved into the final phase which many describe as "exhaustion." I would describe this as feeling very shaky: standing in the kitchen making tea and my legs shaking, arms shaking, lightheaded when standing up. A little coughing (mostly when talking), a bit of chest pain and head congestion remain.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I celebrated with this wonderful apple kombucha from my home brew. Look at that natural carbonation! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">THANK YOU to everyone for all the love, check-ins, suggestions for relief and support! <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤞" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te5/1/16/1f91e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7f/1/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 24, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Covid19 update: 23 days of symptoms. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Turned a corner today" and ended up in the ER for a few hours because I was struggling to breathe, lots of chest pain, really faint. I have developed pneumonia in my lungs confirmed via xrays. A few bags of antibiotics later I'm back home with more Rx, follow up in clinic in a few days. My Thursday gains were clearly just a tease.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">They tested me for COVID19 (again) and I'm still positive - to be expected. They even ran an EKG which confirmed I have a pacemaker. *amusing* </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ken and Morgan remain asymptomatic.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm a <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧟♂️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t83/1/16/1f9df_200d_2642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCheFrUu8bKfNnVvvpk5rbgXZF_N6l5LGo7_dEBiQb8koXgYjyQMp-UxFf1RQRgVw4Kyj1lTVxD_wOvk3_wkj8vJpVzfA0y5UUJ-6LRxOxyc5zC7Ax_ap6NmPat3qN514wnluLALvbt_IH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="526" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCheFrUu8bKfNnVvvpk5rbgXZF_N6l5LGo7_dEBiQb8koXgYjyQMp-UxFf1RQRgVw4Kyj1lTVxD_wOvk3_wkj8vJpVzfA0y5UUJ-6LRxOxyc5zC7Ax_ap6NmPat3qN514wnluLALvbt_IH/w213-h430/image.png" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 27, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 26 Of COVID19: just gonna reshare what I left on an article about the intervention our Dear Leader received. I live in a <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚫" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te/1/16/26ab.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> in Idaho: no access to clinical trials or speedy testing (*unless in ER or certain professions). Excuse all spelling errors. So exhausted and sick. I finally slept last night for 7 hours for the first time in....weeks...and feel like death today</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnhU-E9tWLa_IV6z5gg9dwSpzgn5TdIpkvznaACLHi9_Oe4Pyq_KjZtdzCtlSCYpwoEXmqmn_dskOgGl6Umlr9RoMbjeEvzh-3V7DGub1R0t2P70AuxeLAKSDyVye8IGkFqEcrOu8aFGZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="526" height="682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnhU-E9tWLa_IV6z5gg9dwSpzgn5TdIpkvznaACLHi9_Oe4Pyq_KjZtdzCtlSCYpwoEXmqmn_dskOgGl6Umlr9RoMbjeEvzh-3V7DGub1R0t2P70AuxeLAKSDyVye8IGkFqEcrOu8aFGZ/w332-h682/image.png" width="332" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 29, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19: 27 days since symptoms onset. Started a 3 week treatment plan: daily injections in clinic, steroid inhaler, pain management, oral antibiotics. Just endured a night of unmitigated hell. Body tremors for hours, pain relief hasn't touched the chest vice grip of pneumonia and now nausea has set in. My mental health is broken. Doc said after initial dip, improvement will begin. I'm in the dip. GRATEFUL for: my husband being home, not being in hospital, friends, family, colleagues, lots of help offered for various things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October 30, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to Madison County election workers for providing accommodations for me to schedule and receive access to early voting via my car. No one was injured/infected in the casting of my ballot. COVID19, 29 days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 2, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19: 31 days with symptoms. Anger fuels me this morning as I used all my energy to call doctors. Eastern Idaho has 2 pulmonologists. One is REFUSING to see COVID19 patients "...because their symptoms will eventually go away." The second provider will see me and I made an appointment for December 11 - the earliest available. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">How do I feel: entire body shaking, chest pain, body aches have somehow turned into surface pain so now it feels like I am covered in bruises...but I'm not. Break through coughing despite both RX cough suppressants. I finished the rocefin injections on Saturday. I have 4 more days of oral antibiotics, 2 more weeks of steroid inhaler, and pain management as needed. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Called our East Idaho Public Health who said no once can access rapid testing (unless in the ER) but they felt like I'm "probably" not contagious even though I tested positive (again) a week ago. We asked if they were aware of providers treating patients who are 30+ days with symptoms. She said that my experience is "typical."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My friends, if my experience is "typical" then we should all be living very differently. If 30+ days with symptoms is what our local public health feels is normal and acceptable, then I hope you can afford to be out of work for 3 weeks and when your return, it's only for a fraction of the time and your employer is ready for that.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">THIS ARTICLE! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have pushed COVID19 into one of two experiences: "a simple head cold" or death with respirator. Those two scenarios give the illusion of a 99% survival rate screamed OVER AND OVER, fueling a careless, dangerous idea that no one should live in fear. Only some should worry - the old, the unhealthy - as vague descriptors which don't even begin to include the many and nuanced conditions that interact with this virus in debilitating ways.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The experience in this article - MY EXPERIENCE - what are the numbers for those in this "midland hell"? When we fight about masks we waste time and resources that are desperately needed in testing, tracing, and innovative treatment. My state has isolated itself from resources through a culture and campaign that tells only a PART of this story. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is FAR MORE COMPLEX than I know. It is not as simple as EVERYONE shutting down or EVERYONE NOT shutting down. So much is unknown, we should be throwing everything at this virus to get answers, to give care, to get facts and be driven by data. STOP SCREAMING about one single approach to prevention and treatment! It's simplistic, reductive thinking that keep communities from accessing resources for care, prevention, and treatment. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 3, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why am I trying to be seen and treated quickly? Because I am a professional wind player who was already struggling to recover occupational breathing after a pacemaker implant earlier this year. What is happening in my lungs right now can hopefully be fixed but the longer I cough through this pneumonia and my body attacks itself because I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis makes the risk of permanent damage higher. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was turned away from one pulmonologist yesterday (will will not treat COVID19 patients) with a 6-week wait to see the other. My cardiologist hasn't returned my phone call. Local healthcare in SE Idaho is not equipped for COVID19 prevention or long-haul treatment. This is a perfect storm of bad circumstances that have very REAL and SCARY consequences for me. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am currently working to get into a Post COVID clinic at UPenn and another at UC Davis in Sacramento. I am 33 days with symptoms. Feel free to share this as you like.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRramSIk-Glt3-5JW7ihXbwVYnxzr0Q3SV638wjJThu8qMZM_xdb8j6cFuoYcmH13Uwwi2btFQU47FXaQ5Mv7M0ztafGq1kQzvqc8SV59s7hVxKaDvh0QfhI4CqxpxLtcA_LA8r8RsLEXz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="640" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRramSIk-Glt3-5JW7ihXbwVYnxzr0Q3SV638wjJThu8qMZM_xdb8j6cFuoYcmH13Uwwi2btFQU47FXaQ5Mv7M0ztafGq1kQzvqc8SV59s7hVxKaDvh0QfhI4CqxpxLtcA_LA8r8RsLEXz/w377-h313/image.png" width="377" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 3, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">While I appreciate <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/EastIdahoNews/?__cft__[0]=AZV_ZjDxlvOaEaKoAGxTx1jTeS5iFo2XmAz0rXdCBYMQfV_E3qZPdHswwToMIkh4eQTEy42-BoReLJ9Z29ELeqbKJbLTEKP5EBASjOPn3YN5z-sFmlMPLrCYRfrSkAyqX5McpMljbHwpf6IEj0sqQ98Y2UC91GXyX2ajsre-RhpGtQ&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">East Idaho News</span></a> for following our local COVID19 numbers, the story I want to know about are the 14,000+ who are dropped as active cases and considered "recovered." How many of those 14,000+ Idahoans are NOT actually recovered? Out of work for weeks? Exceeded sick days and lost income? Have long lasting or permanent symptoms? How many have been turned away from specialists in our area BECAUSE they tested/testing positive? This is far more complicated and requires far greater skill and expertise from our local public health officials. If you are only looking at your local death rate, you are missing the far greater impact of this virus on your community. The deaths are horrible but the living is not an escape from this nightmare. More data points are needed to better comprehend how communities are struggling with prevention and then treatment.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfvpHyZPwo-8oVNnwPJp_fNfhFCgeOFFN0nTUnN6anIOR-sJ6N9QNgItvSgQsctI6M9tJPHs_62FCUMOYq5RRglZjYRKw-3nJtwzLNe1_XRNMoJ6q8dnpdUj_8kfS3XMiwwsq7H_NgISQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfvpHyZPwo-8oVNnwPJp_fNfhFCgeOFFN0nTUnN6anIOR-sJ6N9QNgItvSgQsctI6M9tJPHs_62FCUMOYq5RRglZjYRKw-3nJtwzLNe1_XRNMoJ6q8dnpdUj_8kfS3XMiwwsq7H_NgISQ/w428-h241/image.png" width="428" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 4, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Good morning! The world is still here. Week 2 of 3 using a steroid inhaler <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⬅️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1e/1/16/2b05.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>can't imagine how people live on this stuff...it's awful. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWjyjTvdbjkOVaXBmFGWr6W17jxhj60XWgxmyauBN22zYvHO-3BgjwpNC6YShPFP73plsv_bvZAJx0YKcBr9dAQn7J2bqcp9Um6_ByOoPMHQ_ImZWm7FJ-_iXQCzXyvZmE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a> Did a telehealth with my amazing Osteopath in IF who cast some much needed perspective and started me on a super immune boost regimen. Feeling more positive AND felt some relief from chest pain last night which allowed me to fall asleep HARD. Mental health feels better today and I'm calling that A HUGE step forward.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxAywQNyjznxe49HHlkaXrllW3NIMa7Jwy5XAOEVYBzV0dukYjLnOzwd8xke8XPu9AUrTWnxw2xj6XxND3HpNTUenYSUyltqhtOyrYuZ4b80mrqga3N8xFjdZGtYoiG7LeiRIJUTZKtAp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="526" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxAywQNyjznxe49HHlkaXrllW3NIMa7Jwy5XAOEVYBzV0dukYjLnOzwd8xke8XPu9AUrTWnxw2xj6XxND3HpNTUenYSUyltqhtOyrYuZ4b80mrqga3N8xFjdZGtYoiG7LeiRIJUTZKtAp/w231-h417/image.png" width="231" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 5, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">34 days from my first symptoms and I really think I'm improving. Just went up and down the stairs 2x without feeling like I would faint, 2 good nights of sleep, managed a few little cat naps yesterday, even made my breakfast this morning. Mental health feels better which is so powerful. Morning activities will include a 17 minute, gentle chest opening yoga from <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621631000&__cft__[0]=AZUxa_rvxXvHrPur58jbhaWEaSu7uXsAAVo-cFnAW3BG3HHliIciAbPbTknwQP4W5_7t0fdDiHKijglRiH1P1ysNIfNSrtC-y-qc1YwYDCMm6Z6Hz17oEnT16VF11nynKjQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Jenni Brandon</span></a>, more walking = likely more coughing and hopefully more restorative napping if I can calm the body tremors with an Epsom bath. I've had an almost constant headache for a several days but at least it's not a migraine! Thank you all for your continued prayers, well wishes, and positivity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa14Xkan2ys3L7XhZLxAwwGmQOM0HUOEB1vVhVhcikM2VmVHrYKxBkDlpPTvFUKzC9NASPrgRFX4Zh-6gV3f-hXXrbUkJSaaYUA1RrwzjzXCYl9YejjAGkSGKyBteJ5LoIv1-Hhta9pR9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa14Xkan2ys3L7XhZLxAwwGmQOM0HUOEB1vVhVhcikM2VmVHrYKxBkDlpPTvFUKzC9NASPrgRFX4Zh-6gV3f-hXXrbUkJSaaYUA1RrwzjzXCYl9YejjAGkSGKyBteJ5LoIv1-Hhta9pR9/" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>November 8, 2020</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">However many days since symptom onset October 2. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My full morning medicine intake to include the regimen from my osteopath. I'm on the mend but still struggling with: intermittent chest pain (grateful it's not constant anymore), SO MUCH body aches, brain fog, still have a cough but far better, crazy exhaustion/inconsistent sleep. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What helps: Epsom baths, the high melatonin dose, chest/heart opening yoga from <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621631000&__cft__[0]=AZW4Ur7AI9mDYrep-xtW8bGl0vSafqfPKh8VsPi-ezDJRUjrnKguBKVxF973-WtP9w3cdk7qqpCKM-OEw2Dis3jk-wmJDizecuf12-KwLrnBK1EWuCDO_WgJSb9RZsaifYE&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Jenni Brandon</span></a>. I'm trying to walk/move as much as I can especially after a chat with my big Sister <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/stacey.petrey?__cft__[0]=AZW4Ur7AI9mDYrep-xtW8bGl0vSafqfPKh8VsPi-ezDJRUjrnKguBKVxF973-WtP9w3cdk7qqpCKM-OEw2Dis3jk-wmJDizecuf12-KwLrnBK1EWuCDO_WgJSb9RZsaifYE&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Stacey Petrey</span></a> - everyone needs older/wiser sisters who encourage/remind/cajole "You need fresh air and movement!!!" Also, so much kindness from everyone: friends, family, work, church. I'm very supported.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I also joined a Covid "Long Haul" support group which has been enlightening. As sick as I have been for what feels like an eternity to me, it's nothing compared to the THOUSANDS in this group who are 5, 6, 7, 8 months of symptoms and serious illnesses causes by COVID19. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again, this is "not just a cold" for tens of thousands of people. We need to take this seriously and yes, I think we should have a reasonable amount of fear/caution if not for ourselves, then for those who are compromised/susceptible for any number of reasons. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those who have tested positive, with symptoms that cleared in a few weeks - that's awesome! That however is NOT license to tell others it's nothing to worry about. Please don't do that. That's your experience and Bravo for having an awesome immune system. Again, I would LOVE to see data on symptom duration and severity. Anyone want to data mine that for me?</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Be smart and safe my friends!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SmpyP5ZCp7O_n8wsip-EQtubsNz7u7kwUr8oskpaeSby1zY6rjz4euuQD01O3oG9V1M2OGfxmSf0Cxl94X4i2PhKRg2nUF9bJIX7IkfFh4CdspnxquMJ-4OhhjDEKKAW0CAKEsaJk8AU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SmpyP5ZCp7O_n8wsip-EQtubsNz7u7kwUr8oskpaeSby1zY6rjz4euuQD01O3oG9V1M2OGfxmSf0Cxl94X4i2PhKRg2nUF9bJIX7IkfFh4CdspnxquMJ-4OhhjDEKKAW0CAKEsaJk8AU/w277-h503/image.png" width="277" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><b>November 11, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">41 days (!!!) since symptoms onset: today I finished the antibiotics. I have one more week with the steroid inhaler. I became truly convinced I was improving about 3 days ago. As opposed to simply shifting symptom severity. Still have a little cough, still dealing with a lot of pain throughout my body, some GI issues, taste/smell are odd/intermittent, generally exhausted/weak/tremulous. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Overall MUCH better, more energy at the beginning of the day, more functional, walking/yoga each day. Continuing the supplements regimen from my osteopath. Resumed teaching live (via Zoom) on Monday both sections of my Mus Tech course but not bassoon or chamber music for 3 more weeks. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⬅️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1e/1/16/2b05.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> VERY fortunate that my department chair/college dean/university were prepared and willing to assist - so many do not have that privilege. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Still testing positive and had to cancel with my cardiologist because of it. It will likely be fortuitous that my pulmonology appt is not until December which should be enough time to test negative. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤞" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te5/1/16/1f91e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Regardless of what CDC/EIPH says: if you are testing positive and still have symptoms, no specialty clinic wants you around their staff and patients. Frustrating but totally understandable. They only way to truly know would be with daily antigen tests, as far as I understand. Clearly that's not happening in Idaho.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've seen this statistic in a few different articles and now passed around social media from friends and news outlets. It's interesting to see people's comments which run the broad spectrum and include those who think COVID19 is just a string of hypochondriacal, nonsensical, disparate symptoms. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This thinking is dangerous and ignorant. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Around day 28 my PCP starting me on aggressive regimen of steroids and antibiotics after being sent home from the ER with other steroids and antibiotics. She warned me I would feel a "dip" but improvement would come. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My second night after starting the new steroids/antibiotics I found myself propped up in bed, straining to breath, my entire body shaking with tremors, my chest in a vice grip, pain everywhere...and I prayed to Heavenly Father to just take me...hour after hour. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">There was simply no relief: the Epsom baths, vapo rubs, essential oils, pain medicine, diffusers - nothing was giving me relief at that point. But also, I was 4 weeks into actively worsening symptoms! Exhaustion from continuous illness (like any other chronic pain injuries and illness) break down your natural abilities to deal rationally with pain etc. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, I have been treated - in therapy and pharmaceutically - off and on since 2006 for anxiety and depression. I've learned a lot and manage a lot of my stinkin' thinkin' with powerful mantra statements, "Thoughts to Believe," cognitive skills, and faith-based positivity. MOST importantly I have learned to recognize when I have exceeded my ability to cope rationally with stressors = my cue to get help in one form or another. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">It didn't take me 90 days with COVID19 to reach that point. It took me about 28 days and a ROUGH night to realize I was in a DARK place. So, I'm scheduled to start therapy next week. Which is honestly not a big deal IMO. Like, really, I'm depressed and anxious, is it really that shocking? I need some help from people more qualified and objective than my brain currently, also not shocking. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm surprised by anyone who is *shocked* by anyone else who uses coaching/therapy/takes medicine/supplements (natural or pharmaceutical) to help them keep a healthy perspective on life. Let's be honest, we all struggle and self-medicate in one way or another. Yes! ALL of us. Some of us are smart are learn to process in healthy ways early on. Some of us (me) take a lot longer and still need professional help...and also yoga/meditation/prayer and a robust support system. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This has become tangential but here are my main points:</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19 can be really life-altering. Some of us can roll with that, some of us need help.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you had COVID19 and got over it quickly, super awesome! I want your immune system. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you had COVID19 and it took you longer than what you see from others, you might start to feel anxious about that. You might need some support with your mental health to deal with your thoughts as you also deal with your body. That should not be a surprise to anyone. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">How is support for mental health still so SHOCKING to people?!</span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 12, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brand new coverage from The Economist. Listen to the podcast. Be informed, like actually informed by people not politicians. The only conspiracy surrounding COVID19 is the absolute trash being spread that: it's under control, it's no big deal, you can get and get on with your life. Everyone needs to actively work to prevent contracting/spreading this virus. It is an absolute gamble how this virus will attack your body. Even after your symptoms recover, you run the risk of the virus remaining in your system and attacking all your major body systems: cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, etc. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV-flgwZZAHyV9AtuyuxGXSM1dR6xDzD8KOmXWKQqN5GqgOsN6KCpueTrViUJLQ4FofMrhRSNfEjEdeFICqhDbDHss4CAuD0I_avjAZuNDquoZ_Hv06WXmmu7ftcBEDxDY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've treated the pneumonia in my lungs but I still have COVID19, still testing positive, and those symptoms are very much still present. I am not a "long hauler" and believe I will kick this but there are THOUSANDS of people around the world who are 4+ months, who are still very sick. Many were never hospitalized with COVID19, statistically many presented with a "mild" case originally. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My friends, the narrative in the U.S. is VERY WRONG. VERY INACCURATE!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 15, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with COVID19 for six weeks - which feels so incredibly long and yet mild compared to so many thousands of long-haul sufferers around the world. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was a good week: I felt incrementally better each day. More energy in the mornings, no more coughing during yoga, doubled my time on the elliptical (20 min to go about about 1 mile). I have only 1 more dose of steroids, finished antibiotics this week and have been able to taper down the pain medicine. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What remains: still a lot of aches and pains, energy vanishes around mid day (not your normal afternoon slump...closer to feeling narcoleptic, heavy weak limbs, brain fog), my lymph nodes are still very swollen. I will get another COVID test tomorrow. I've given up on getting in to see my cardiologist. I will keep my pulmonology appt in December. I start (mental) therapy this coming week to which I am REALLY looking forward. Still a lot of metallic taste in my mouth and intermittent smell/taste. NO, I have not touched my bassoon and really feel absolutely no rush to open up that Pandora's box quite yet. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What has helped? It's EXTREMELY important to understand that what I was treated for was bacterial pneumonia. I have received no therapeutics for COVID19. I do believe the supplement regime from my Osteopath did assist in kickstarting my body working to recover. That as well as starting nutritional supplements. Constant positivity and good wishes from friends/family/colleagues. Several cultural practices from within my faith: family and ward fasts, being added to multiple temple prayer rolls across several states - I've absorbed a lot of positivity from all over the country...the world even! THANK YOU everyone for that love and support! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What am I concerned about long term: I am concerned about my lungs. I am confident I will have a full recovery and probably playing again will be the best form of respiratory therapy but I do want professional input on that process. In the mean time, elliptical and yoga. I am concerned about my mental health. Not because of COVID19 only, but because this year has been insane and it started with a much larger scare with my heart. Oddly, that resolved (in a way) MUCH faster than COVID19. But I really felt something snap inside of my brain in the past few weeks and I am eager to work on my cognitive behaviors and mental health. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What am I grateful for: I'm so grateful that I can be home right now. I feel safe here, I feel protected, I feel comforted in my space. I am so grateful for the OUTPOURING of support from literally every aspect of my life. I'm grateful for my work...I am deeply fortunate on so many levels with my work. I'm grateful for technology which keeps us connected (I especially love Marco Polo). I'm grateful for my body which has failed me a lot but also seems to keep fighting even though requiring a lot of assistance.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My sweet husband LOVES to point out how many different ways I should be dead because I don't have a single major body system that works without assistance. (He really is a very sweet man.) AND YET, HERE I AM! So finally, as FRUSTRATED AND TEARFUL I became around week 4 of this trauma/drama, trying to get into specialists, sending medical records to out of state clinics, I am grateful for the medical intervention I have received though I do believe East Idaho to be in REAL trouble with COVID19. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll probably end these updates. Unless I test positive tomorrow, then I might do a few more! If you are still reading...thanks for finding these posts to be of value. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Feel free to share any of them. Also, WEAR A MASK, plan Thanksgiving for only the people with whom you live, social distance, wash your hands, get tested, share your experience.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's my dogs in front of the fire. I'm grateful for them and a woodburning stove because I'm basically cold all the time - that might be a COVID symptom...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 16, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a rough morning: lots of pain all around my rib cage, headache, neck. Then I brain cramped all through my class - I have the most gracious students. So grateful for Marco Polo that let's me download "virtually" with my dear friend <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/lori.w.shepherd?__cft__[0]=AZX2HGdLGjyuVL_db5rNg4OM_FIHcX8b6UbH3nZsGrmKEuRmGnJanrn0QaVS2VzAqC7LbQbuEBh64JlK-MrZodDTFzz7riEsAj6tJh9WOby8bMpRBonVRdnMnp4JkhtGPh5vNvN88e3F-fQS4HCSRBnPmIoaI8mIYpM9wH1JGPkZSQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Lori Wakley Shepherd</span></a> who has watched my face malfunction (cry) over digital technology a lot this year. We all need so much hugging but let's all agree to hug blankets (preferably heated) and not people (unless we live with them) for a bit longer. This WILL end...but precautions are needed for now. Thanks everyone for all the love you have shown me within the relative safety of social media. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💓" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t66/1/16/1f493.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥰" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tea/1/16/1f970.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 17, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Steroid inhaler DONE! COVID pneumonia done (I assume) after 21(ish) days of treatment. Kill the beast! <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX5LiqocVOaeOfKPpqGQDPaz95y6L3ByKf_rjGRkqUEsWWlXq0KhmsRj4diYXsP9W0proEH_0iO38kI7i0WHeHjb2BruUBu6ONP6tqyvyFekZuWXXSnSWDboYRaqsOlr3U&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a> Now onto other symptoms... <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/onwardandupward?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX5LiqocVOaeOfKPpqGQDPaz95y6L3ByKf_rjGRkqUEsWWlXq0KhmsRj4diYXsP9W0proEH_0iO38kI7i0WHeHjb2BruUBu6ONP6tqyvyFekZuWXXSnSWDboYRaqsOlr3U&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#onwardandupward</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrblTXt7jF0lpeb54VKR2x7iOCQKsvRNRrOn-BicbtA352GP4V99oTR32X0g6lchGoey0pDdZorLM3ERrRTZqWeh-TXQ2k7sIXOm65xI5VLJGEW7uiParJGm8pmcWhsHc8D5ZdHHCQgHw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="526" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrblTXt7jF0lpeb54VKR2x7iOCQKsvRNRrOn-BicbtA352GP4V99oTR32X0g6lchGoey0pDdZorLM3ERrRTZqWeh-TXQ2k7sIXOm65xI5VLJGEW7uiParJGm8pmcWhsHc8D5ZdHHCQgHw/w233-h414/image.png" width="233" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 18, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Solid day today! Got my test results from Monday: NEGATIVE for COVID19. Such a relief mentally to see that! Had good energy, started with the elliptical, taught class, made 5 video tutorials, didn't feel like total human trash. Going to my chiropractor tomorrow which should alleviate some (all?) of this rib/neck/head aches and pains. The closest to normal I have felt in 48 days, almost 7 weeks. Sheesh! <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWMl706YbCWCEE9gKJJnLMK5aIEOE1EoXzrlTrRowZE2Rpqw0oul4arIUFn7WPfZKwPuRgYykbBu2b0xTk1HTG0nkY0Y1Gb2sw9FQE0DhztPREsbgCS5nyun7J7h1D6f5o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gratitude?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWMl706YbCWCEE9gKJJnLMK5aIEOE1EoXzrlTrRowZE2Rpqw0oul4arIUFn7WPfZKwPuRgYykbBu2b0xTk1HTG0nkY0Y1Gb2sw9FQE0DhztPREsbgCS5nyun7J7h1D6f5o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#gratitude</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo9fsDVQK_u1R5B0sjxsj6V3jWr9wpt69DXOC6rP01dQzU0xX_-Y7ZU9TvwpqTt2u5sML6pEwAVQ0wEYs7JJx064SltZsiVPUpcG6r_woFzrsQx8iogu7Mfpv2QU7Sbg31KlphFu6UQXW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo9fsDVQK_u1R5B0sjxsj6V3jWr9wpt69DXOC6rP01dQzU0xX_-Y7ZU9TvwpqTt2u5sML6pEwAVQ0wEYs7JJx064SltZsiVPUpcG6r_woFzrsQx8iogu7Mfpv2QU7Sbg31KlphFu6UQXW/" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />November 24, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19 update: a few friends have asked how I'm doing so I thought a few more might be interested. I would say I'm 80% back to normal. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The things that linger:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I typically don't cough but, for example, on Saturday evening I was laughing a lot with my colleagues in a livestream for <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/ladiesquintet/?__cft__[0]=AZU0CtFrYMjtSxEvyszM4JwBspVW4H_-XqYag2U6rxRC1HBdcmrEkHPjLPIiP7u_zrFga-Fez9b9bNizJovTwA8A-ZuE5S1Aj5MV3iqRTVLf2H4U8g_v5qLPavzn_Tg78mKR8xBdHWp9I-Bfy0uNw4dy&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Ladies Quintessential Quintet</span></a> which caused a very unexpected coughing fit which kept me coughing for a few hours. This also meant chest pain the entire day following. Granted, pneumonia can take WEEKS to totally clear up so it's not that surprising.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nausea - this was a late arrival to the myriad of COVID19 symptoms. Most days I get a 20-30 min wave of nausea.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Headaches/body aches - I have been able to receive two adjustments from my chiropractor which is helping. I think it will take a few weeks to get the kinks out.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fatigue - friends...UGGGHHHH! I am exhausted <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧟♀️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t81/1/16/1f9df_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> LADY and I don't know if this is COVID or just mentally/physically DONE with this year. I know I'm not alone but I AM SPENT and sooooo weak. It's gross.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Taste/smell - it's intermittent and weird. There was one day last week when I smelled my shampoo, conditioner, and face wash. I taste food but it's very muted and some flavors aren't correct. I've read in multiple places the taste/smell are often the first symptoms to present and the last to resolve.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm still taking the fist-full of supplements, started therapy, obviously chiropractor, and will see pulmonology in a few weeks. Still doing Epsom baths for the body aches. Doing as much elliptical/yoga as I can manage. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mostly I am MUCH better but also shocked by how <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚡" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5d/1/16/26a1.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>zapped<span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚡" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5d/1/16/26a1.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>I feel. Be safe out there friends! You do DO NOT want to deal with this virus. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU0CtFrYMjtSxEvyszM4JwBspVW4H_-XqYag2U6rxRC1HBdcmrEkHPjLPIiP7u_zrFga-Fez9b9bNizJovTwA8A-ZuE5S1Aj5MV3iqRTVLf2H4U8g_v5qLPavzn_Tg78mKR8xBdHWp9I-Bfy0uNw4dy&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November 28, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sad to listen to my 18 yo (in less than 2 weeks) argue for over an hour because we won't allow him to go hang out at a friend's house, inside and unmasked. Sad that parents in our community would put families in this position by allowing young people to congregate inside homes. Sad that my son, despite seeing me horribly ill for 6+ weeks, is under social pressure to behave recklessly. Parents: please don't allow/encourage young people to hang out inside your home. They might avoid COVID but how healthy are you? Have you vetted everyone's activities before arriving at your house? It's below freezing, no windows open, do you really trust your residential HVAC to move and filter air? It's a high-stakes gamble. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXS43M8Pf5wWyoKEBRVuJ2ybPUgcVr7bw_PXNad0wf8QPAgCRLYHyWkbIJhJAnasbFHwASMj5UhqQTvy8AEe_bRGSypeUebcCZHWGzd7q7verdSWGv_2OU21Qz7RRx1-b8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>December 13, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">73 days from my first symptoms with COVID19. You can read my story in the @Postregister. I also want to point out that I spent Friday at the Pulmonologist with multiple tests scheduled for this coming week. While I am MUCH better, COVID19 has not ended for me. Please be safe and support those who are trying to prevent infection (or even reinfection) regardless of your personal views. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU2fUNjUZ6I0C2EJvN3bRMGZ0C7BWKVymL8zBbIW_-8CL0hId3Z-AjXibU2UMZ_zxeoNRx7w5ZRvCM3vbxFw4I6RQJ0EUedYod9BTZGeu0uYb8A_Yt6KvDLZfDr22MvTGY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elizabeth Crawford, age 40, professor at BYU-Idaho</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I just thought, ‘I am going to die. I am going to die here at home. This is it.’ It was probably the darkest moment of my entire life,” Elizabeth Crawford said.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crawford has never considered herself a “weak person, physically or mentally.” Crawford is a veteran; she served in the United States Army for 15 years. She first signed up for active duty after the September 11 attacks happened while she was living in Manhattan.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">She is also a university professor with multiple degrees. She has taught music at BYU-Idaho for the last five years.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crawford also didn’t think she was particularly at risk for having a severe reaction to COVID-19. She has a pacemaker, a thyroid condition known as Hashimoto’s and a Vitamin D deficiency. She considered them all mild, manageable medical conditions.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“When they talk about underlying factors, there is such an emphasis on being very old or being severely compromised with an autoimmune disorder. You just think it’s these really extreme, fringe issues that you need to worry about,” Crawford said.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crawford contracted COVID-19 after going to her sister’s house to watch the first presidential debate. Between the two families, six people contracted COVID-19 after that night. For everyone else, it was like a cold or a mild flu. But not for Crawford.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It was just a slog through hell. Once the symptoms began, they kept evolving and changing and getting worse day after day after day,” Crawford said.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two weeks in, she developed a “spasmodic cough that wracked (her) entire body.” Doctors diagnosed her with bronchitis. Four weeks in, Crawford went to the emergency room after not being able to breathe. She was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. Both Crawford’s bronchitis and pneumonia are believed to have resulted from COVID-19, for which she continued to test positive 45 days after her initial diagnosis.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">After the pneumonia diagnosis, Crawford’s doctors told her they would have to take an even more aggressive treatment approach. She began steroid and antibiotic treatments. She started going into the clinic for daily injections. Crawford was now using an inhaler for the first time in her life. She was now five weeks into COVID-19 with no end in sight.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“At that point, I felt like my mental health just collapsed. … I was propped up in bed at night. My entire body was shaking with constant tremors. I had incredible chest pain. I had been to the ER. I was in incredible pain. I had pain management which was not touching any of the pain. It had reached a fever peak,” she said.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the most alarming things for Crawford is the question as to whether lung damage will impact her ability to play the bassoon. Being a bassoonist is her identity. She studied the bassoon in college, played it in military bands all around the world, played it in orchestras to enormous audiences and now teaches it to others. Her lungs are her life. Doctors still don’t know when or if she can play again.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Slowly, things have started to improve. She finally tested negative. Today, 72 days after her diagnosis, Crawford feels she has rounded a corner. Rounding a corner still means full body aches, random waves of nausea, “headaches all day every day,” a “chunkiness” in her lungs, difficulty breathing and exhaustion. No one has an answer for her as to when these symptoms will end.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">But at least she doesn’t feel like she is going to die.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postregister.com%2Fcoronavirus%2Ffaces-of-covid-a-look-at-the-people-behind-coronavirus-statistics-in-eastern-idaho%2Farticle_acf44f6e-1013-5dba-9f63-5309ca837569.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2Lv02du0sHPeYh-AuKTOaCA3nkCpWiAwFcrkO0Gh6slxyb8tifqSwDlis&h=AT0wJgPChGF3D0xIYQUNjbbr-QE2ag0_J7rhn8Y09sRboW9t1FCdjkIWwDHb5SWs93v5jK07xOEz-gkZiM80pxNUdIklxCWSv69oqCAsaNAHUoQCJonAnnyvp0gEEPYeWQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT396UZbHWcSbaxaW4SxM1oallIo2uyyWo4bAW9EFXQrBHarrUGtxFCjrcQmyYv9EVmtcl25f9fvBksawJVj-KRhjaSB3u8nLjdVRJ6NeybAek6wWXaDzG4DibStfX39gOJK1t1QS-wAn-17tbSyMH5Zl-A" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.postregister.com/.../article_acf44f6e-1013...</span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>December 18, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWwI47OUW6esTSgJWVNuhXWK-D42nqF0MZ1yhdxJmvq_plJ1Wq9Xhpp82qg6iexMyTMV6nCkFn2kfrX2mwBJ-bTioFSG5kX5EyzdelBC52RiGvBAau18soqVGb5Yp8jru8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a> Today's activities included: CT Scan, esophagram, Pulmonary Function testing, Myers cocktail injection (my husband is *officially* now my nurse having administered the injection). The effects/complications of COVID19 continue. Check out the study below. I recommend the figures/table if you don't want to read the summary.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Patients were assessed a mean of 60.3 (SD, 13.6) days after onset of the first COVID-19 symptom; at the time of the evaluation, only 18 (12.6%) were completely free of any COVID-19–related symptom, while 32% had 1 or 2 symptoms and 55% had 3 or more. None of the patients had fever or any signs or symptoms of acute illness. Worsened quality of life was observed among 44.1% of patients. The Figure shows that a high proportion of individuals still reported fatigue (53.1%), dyspnea (43.4%), joint pain, (27.3%) and chest pain (21.7%)."</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>January 5, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are wondering how my post-COVID life is going, please read this article. Classes start tomorrow and I feel grave concern about returning full-time. I had a sleep study on Sunday night followed by a methacholine test on Monday afternoon for asthma. I was exhausted, muscle aches, brain fog, and upset stomach all day. I'm not looking for pity - so much help and support has been given! But I will continue to share my experience in hopes that everyone I know sees the broad spectrum of this virus: from a head cold to death and somewhere in between. It's very real and very scary.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Roughly 65% of respondents (2,454) reported experiencing symptoms for at least six months. The most likely symptoms to persist after six months included fatigue, post-exertional malaise, cognitive dysfunction (“brain fog”), neurological sensations, headaches, memory problems, insomnia, muscle aches, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness/balance issues, and speech and language problems.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nearly 86% of respondents experienced relapses, most commonly triggered by physical activity, stress, exercise and mental activity. Memory and cognitive dysfunction, experienced by more than 85% of respondents, were the most pervasive and persistent neurological symptoms. They were equally common across all ages and had a substantial impact on respondents’ ability to work, the authors found."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/05/many-long-covid-sufferers-unable-fully-work-six-months-later?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2bTrgiHNIiYyqb8vuMwOaMw5OwDvHELPenAhH30txJQV8tVRxTxZuuFp0#Echobox=1609840583" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.theguardian.com/.../many-long-covid-sufferers...</span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>January 9, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have to mark the moment because I'm kinda feeling like dynamite right now! Woke up with energy, looking forward to a day of <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/MQVCBassoon/?__cft__[0]=AZWXpcALpBpHSgJYhMCac-bs1DZNmI7pWjwhVEDioLnTOgxDHTeu6_v-3eBE7UvraDWeNxCqVKedtn0Q_iT89dKCXkecW3aTbGBTFcJRLhthJFp88azeppSnetNAb7dyIKL4Sdjt65jDypkJjrkW4ZGf&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium</span></a> events, my brain is saying very nice words to me, put on my Bassoon synesthesia perfume from <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/sonjahornteacher?__cft__[0]=AZWXpcALpBpHSgJYhMCac-bs1DZNmI7pWjwhVEDioLnTOgxDHTeu6_v-3eBE7UvraDWeNxCqVKedtn0Q_iT89dKCXkecW3aTbGBTFcJRLhthJFp88azeppSnetNAb7dyIKL4Sdjt65jDypkJjrkW4ZGf&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Sonja Gray Reynolds</span></a>, had a lovely shake <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=581507394&__cft__[0]=AZWXpcALpBpHSgJYhMCac-bs1DZNmI7pWjwhVEDioLnTOgxDHTeu6_v-3eBE7UvraDWeNxCqVKedtn0Q_iT89dKCXkecW3aTbGBTFcJRLhthJFp88azeppSnetNAb7dyIKL4Sdjt65jDypkJjrkW4ZGf&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Marianne Leitch Breneman</span></a>, and feeling so much gratitude for all the many wonderful people in my life who have extended so much love, kindness and service in the past several months! I am truly blessed and deeply grateful and I feel it strengthening me right now</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX28y_YFbeO4VhX-noBtCsKTcLSTvWjArTHy-ChbDhWNAfWz9IjWL_mh1h6c3bJ9CaJCKesDulbkjdcfvTUhneSnwn1nRCZNahJgFxLud3P4NKrRB-Z2JwgeV2VyscPkHU2kmE4hxHlMh1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX28y_YFbeO4VhX-noBtCsKTcLSTvWjArTHy-ChbDhWNAfWz9IjWL_mh1h6c3bJ9CaJCKesDulbkjdcfvTUhneSnwn1nRCZNahJgFxLud3P4NKrRB-Z2JwgeV2VyscPkHU2kmE4hxHlMh1/" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>February 3, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Woke up at 5 am, house felt cold, buried deeper into my covers. Woke again 50 min later, house is definitely colder, notice my phone isn't charged. Electricity is out. Throw on muck boots because I remember I haven't brought wood into the house in over 2 weeks. Split and Start fire with the 1 dry piece left inside. Head out in pajamas and boots to bring in a days worth. Wind is whipping off field behind the house. Discover I still don't have the strength back to chop cold wood (post COVID 4+ months), throw in full pieces over kindling, open the vents full, cross fingers. # We're going to be just fine. Send some prayers along for @off_road_hub who is going to try to make it through CO, WY and over the passes into Idaho today to get home. He tried to beat the storm returning from TX...but didn't make it. 2021 still proving to be an adventure! <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/grateful?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUEF2YhkoG3T7RU8wOMfElxptuIJMoY3QCHj1BCwUS1Jb9XsnwSgaopk-7aCZzjFGDEtUlXF7FB3WPCfGOHWv4mVlas6ih_W0x3MIqr9JJhRYmsMmIo4lnY6Afv-4_N6ag&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#grateful</a> for woodburning stove, dry boots, and enough strength to move wood.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gTaeHjmyqlnTWQBdUFOmetltFHyoz0fRt7biTNwmpdskhaL_7Hy2tQ56h7RUx50C1pAiQcOO5mVawgaqg_9sLXPviJf_LxF33lE0YiDbRWkAN2stNbr9_JIzjjek5fmte1GUlIycucgV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gTaeHjmyqlnTWQBdUFOmetltFHyoz0fRt7biTNwmpdskhaL_7Hy2tQ56h7RUx50C1pAiQcOO5mVawgaqg_9sLXPviJf_LxF33lE0YiDbRWkAN2stNbr9_JIzjjek5fmte1GUlIycucgV/w347-h347/image.png" width="347" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>February 22, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've had my pacemaker for 1 year, 4 days. Not sure 2020 or the start or 2021 have proved compelling reasons for keeping the *ticker* going, but: my husband still makes me laugh, I work with great colleagues and students, my dogs are total Muppets, and I believe I can still become a better bassoonist...and human. Cheers for one more year in this crazy adventure! <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/pacemaker?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6b3gfwXFMyJXzszd9mgk-VeQ9FP_pgmrRRlzqJ1642v31tQiBGo711P7AMi6De_IM2R6QuflHxmEZF2bQ1qr5K9bB5go7FDwiZORImQI41Dn-s8L4YZ9Cj1sOh3V40z8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#pacemaker</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/birthday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6b3gfwXFMyJXzszd9mgk-VeQ9FP_pgmrRRlzqJ1642v31tQiBGo711P7AMi6De_IM2R6QuflHxmEZF2bQ1qr5K9bB5go7FDwiZORImQI41Dn-s8L4YZ9Cj1sOh3V40z8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#birthday</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEA6rucYmekuFecOnu8z5g5JAXj_jtpmAHagH0gLkVJdwNRBd9SFeLTJ3nt01WlOIu2-3XuDeW7r2dXSwEMSFWEW1IR5WycW9XmR0DLXIzQ3Sv1Nsud-bX_3odj0p2lXcMBMfBaSehlto/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="640" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEA6rucYmekuFecOnu8z5g5JAXj_jtpmAHagH0gLkVJdwNRBd9SFeLTJ3nt01WlOIu2-3XuDeW7r2dXSwEMSFWEW1IR5WycW9XmR0DLXIzQ3Sv1Nsud-bX_3odj0p2lXcMBMfBaSehlto/w424-h352/image.png" width="424" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>March 14, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a longer article but if you have a loved one still struggling with the effects of COVID months after their infection, please read it. This experience is very real and very frustrating.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's been 165 days since my first COVID symptoms. There are good days, days when I have enough energy to teach classes and lessons, maybe do some laundry and that would be the balance of a very full day. I honestly do almost nothing more than that: I do what is absolutely necessary for my job. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have become obsessive about sleep consistency and daily intentional rest. Most days I still take a nap and deal with headaches and embarrassing brain fog...struggling to find the right words to express myself, remember to do all the little tasks I tell students I will take care of. I forget a shocking amount, within minutes of conversations or emails. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The fatigue washes over me like a wave - like nothing I have ever experienced - and I have to stop what I'm doing to lay down. Yesterday, I was on an afternoon drive with my husband and asked him to take me home because I couldn't handle sitting in the passenger seat with my head pounding and my entire body screaming for rest. I slept for almost 3 hours when I got home. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Long COVID or post-acute COVID ("long-haulers") is very real! I would estimate that I have about 50% of the productivity I had before getting this awful virus. I go to my weekly therapy appointments, cry a lot, apologize to my husband over and over. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I never know what to say when people ask how I'm feeling or tell me how "energetic" I appear. It's a façade, I assure you. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm going to play a 3.5 minute solo piece on our double reed studio recital this week but I keep thinking about not playing because it's just exhausting. I use my inhalers (Symbicort twice a day and Albuterol before I play my bassoon). I've tried and had some good success with an anti-inflammatory diet but of course I'm not consistent and my whole system feels it. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This article captures the public health crisis that still awaits once we get the viral transmission under control. Mostly, I hope we can all have kindness and patience for those who haven't been able to bounce back. Long-haulers are managing a myriad of symptoms for which there isn't a pill or easy answer. Many providers still won't even diagnose post-acute COVID syndrome let alone take time to learn how to treat it's quagmire of physical and mental challenges. Those of us dealing with this band together in FB support groups where we are all coming to the same realization: slow and gentle recovery with holistic support and protocols that get passed around by those who are fortunate enough to have a provider who is willing to think outside the box and read the latest from the post-COVID clinics in NY/Philadelphia/California. </span></div><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXHlmJYgnftkfXCZylzzABM2iMTCeaGpNJAhH_PaHvM1oDhddqLXWs9toGbsdC-lB2F4TZmtFgxYZJqldoopGQbYAELxpCuV4Hcuvn8QPhc2vRn7x5eJS9f-yJoyX46JMs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.theatlantic.com/.../unlocking-the.../618076/...</span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>March 16, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Feeling good!</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">UPDATE: 24 hours later, absolutely no problems/symptoms.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8Ncg0QxzrMZndsDWiRWIpcsXlH1YRRkNRcNNFp5eBCaltELcFDZfY91Y-3i22T0ZrWBria2TTsSWUPzIsTk0Au7Q1bffNBdAYl-pBPHisuBqZrki9IJJQxhiieYzyIuyMblE56sN913N/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="526" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8Ncg0QxzrMZndsDWiRWIpcsXlH1YRRkNRcNNFp5eBCaltELcFDZfY91Y-3i22T0ZrWBria2TTsSWUPzIsTk0Au7Q1bffNBdAYl-pBPHisuBqZrki9IJJQxhiieYzyIuyMblE56sN913N/w246-h497/image.png" width="246" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>March 19, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Off to perform a 3.5 minute solo in the <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/byuibassoons?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXtfKKS1M189d861rPqqZaNyRrTq3CbH1nDafNk6_YWFnUebZ2tXbbpG8cayWOI10G_EaHswaprqCrAoJ7O5eYkxXIFF6v-60N7KzvsAoF-kU1jJG9llTrrbMroJa8RTx0ZMP1WTyWXfRZzoQd0ZynT&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; 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font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnefxk5ennGl2xiPmIryNEIltZ2vry1rxlprE4m1jsQk0aqZZX3ndmhsnX6afcEBRRrtdpVyUpyVjahI9HrY5gFVM0oFKkevf1sAXNv3dJtECw2udaHt-J5c1k5GYYvizOH9fDEeB3ZSOf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnefxk5ennGl2xiPmIryNEIltZ2vry1rxlprE4m1jsQk0aqZZX3ndmhsnX6afcEBRRrtdpVyUpyVjahI9HrY5gFVM0oFKkevf1sAXNv3dJtECw2udaHt-J5c1k5GYYvizOH9fDEeB3ZSOf/" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I didn't take enough photos! Today is officially the BEST day of 2021 because I got to perform with and enjoy my favorite people: double reed players! My last public solo performance was February 2020 less than a week before a pacemaker had to be placed in my chest. Then COVID shut downs, transition to online teaching and then my own long battle with COVID19. I shared my performance last year and tonight with my dear friend/collaborator <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/allison.michelle.andersen?__cft__[0]=AZXcITExQnE-hQfbCWFHPl2-aW4pgOizLypabl6DhnSkTY7Qu3RmhoXmIqaFDjdo1aLEALFD8kRpqLcoAdVHVj3hvrwQQxJ1-F-VkhxYWpIeVoA8wYEsRc0p_EmwvgY1jGY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Allison Michelle</span></a> (ugh, no pic) performing peices by Roma Cafolla. Tonight was technically the world premier of a piece she composed for me and Allison, "Call Out My Name." I know so many have lifted my name up in prayers, thoughts, and well wishes in the past year. I HAVE FELT all that love! Thanks to everyone, especially my students, for making tonight so wonderful and joyful!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>April 2, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">A new piece from Roma Cafolla "Call Out My Name." <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/allisonaaccompanist?__cft__[0]=AZXwF5HTHku7t7l4SWtjyfuT78TBQm3JasEBFqNGF11_mEpcFSsolJa2TdJWUcmh4x4UDGJbfti-7T32wb4toFVLRSxmhNXlxaLDCStHAtF7hUr0_RpS1EBfo9du50ZAaaOAS57fWmBGL42CoGk_mGOj&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Allison Vest, Collaborative Pianist</span></a></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 months after COVID19, I'm amazed at how much I am still not in control of my breath. Let this be your cautionary tale to continue safe practices. Several months of ongoing pulmonary care and daily inhalers have not recovered what I have lost...yet.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I want to "Call out..." and dedicate this to a leader and teacher in our community who is feeling the full weight of grief on this day <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/cassandra.bendickson?__cft__[0]=AZXwF5HTHku7t7l4SWtjyfuT78TBQm3JasEBFqNGF11_mEpcFSsolJa2TdJWUcmh4x4UDGJbfti-7T32wb4toFVLRSxmhNXlxaLDCStHAtF7hUr0_RpS1EBfo9du50ZAaaOAS57fWmBGL42CoGk_mGOj&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Cassandra Bendickson</span></a>. Please send her love, good wishes, and prayers as you spend a few short minutes watching.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-rrOACCYNVw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>April 5, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID19/MENTAL HEALTH post. If these topics trigger/disgust you, just scroll past.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Woodwind juries are today which effectively ends Winter 2021 semester (short spring break and then back for our 14 week Spring semester). I've had a run of really good days, still with naps but they are shorter and not every single day. I have had energy to practice, think positive thoughts and even contemplate plans for the future. I'm wearing makeup (for me) and feeling better than I have in months - despite a coughing fit yesterday and extra puffs on the rescue inhaler. The brain fog is lifting and I feel less confused and struggle less for words.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I started this semester returning to work full time after battling COVID19 for 3 months which forced my department to hire faculty to cover most of my load in Fall 2020. When I started the semester, I was still a mess mentally and physically. Napping for several hours a day, nursing body aches, intense brain fog, and having only begun pulmonary testing and treatment. I promised myself I would perform live and I did for a whopping 3.5 minutes just a few weeks ago. Most of this semester I have contemplated if I will even be able to maintain my job and be a bassoonist at the level I desire. Which is to say I have been scared, fearful, anxious, and professionally self-conscious A LOT. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite all those scary thoughts, I'm really proud of how far my mental health has come in the past 3.5 months. I feel (mostly) hopeful and happy again and it's with the help of a very good therapist and pharmaceuticals. I share this, which feels professionally risky, because I think it's important for my friends, family, and especially students who exist on social media with me to see some truth and vulnerability. Mental health is tricky and constantly changing but it's not a reason to stop, give up, or give in to the mean, tireless voices in your head. GET HELP, GET HELP, GET HELP! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I began treating my mental health in 2006 with therapy and have swung back and forth with pharmaceutical and therapeutic support for the past 15 years. These past months have afforded me the most comprehensive care yet with a new more complete diagnosis, therapeutic focus, and a whole new direction pharmaceutically. Likely because I have the extreme privilege of very good insurance. <i><b> It's a devastating reality that those who most need mental health care are often those without any of the required resources to MANAGE mental health care. </b></i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those struggling with mental health concerns within my faith culture, watching conference is inspirational and perspective building...but you may still feel depressed/anxious even after all that outpouring of wisdom and inspiration...and that is OK. It doesn't mean you lack faith, or have an inadequate testimony, or whatever garbage your brain is telling you. It also does not mean you are capable of or SHOULD drown yourself in scripture reading and service in hopes that you will magically want to live another day because of those disciplines. Sometimes more is simply more and not actually helpful. Sometimes doing more can actually be dangerous for a person who is maxed out emotionally and mentally. You can be a SPIRITUAL GIANT and still be an emotional wreck. THIS IS SUCH A COMPLEX EXPERIENCE being a human. Be wise and prodigious with all that wisdom and knowledge poured out this weekend. “Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength..." D&C 10:4 "I invite you to pray to identify the debris you should remove from your life..." <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/russell.m.nelson/?__cft__[0]=AZUkX0zC1DtI9B4qHHouUeMIMU7K7dzRL6r_DhaucIiitQ9RpMmey8vpQj3JYiIl3tgjzRn6KW4XNO8p2E7vtyzIE_aSVPY3vHaVkWG9zhPuqMjK64TCg9tXKLoHAQo6or-Lly9TsY8FoZIrd1W1VHZ8&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Russell M. Nelson</span></a> April 2021 conference.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Like everything in life worth doing, your mental health is going to take work...like practicing...like relationships...like healthy eating, exercise, parenting, etc. I don't think there are a lot of people in my life who have the capacity to walk the mental health tight rope with me - but there are some and they are amazing, patient, loving people. Find those people (person) and keep trying each day. Engage in practices that give you peace and comfort and return to them often. Most importantly, reach out FOR HELP no matter how awkward and hard it is to get those words out. "I'm in crisis, I need help." You don't need to know WHY or HOW you got there, you just need to start the process of healing. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gratitude?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUkX0zC1DtI9B4qHHouUeMIMU7K7dzRL6r_DhaucIiitQ9RpMmey8vpQj3JYiIl3tgjzRn6KW4XNO8p2E7vtyzIE_aSVPY3vHaVkWG9zhPuqMjK64TCg9tXKLoHAQo6or-Lly9TsY8FoZIrd1W1VHZ8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwX8sHZ2X4gWsRsUFTHrR5fStljDU3NOnDbYpuJ2BLMBEsaBAb-nuinXjCiLR2IB4RwPxEoOO1YfbHNezmSfAK1oArbvVL3LIuUXA6iE_s8g44Yriq_fiWcMLRboGk-CYk-ezpP8AAVO8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="526" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwX8sHZ2X4gWsRsUFTHrR5fStljDU3NOnDbYpuJ2BLMBEsaBAb-nuinXjCiLR2IB4RwPxEoOO1YfbHNezmSfAK1oArbvVL3LIuUXA6iE_s8g44Yriq_fiWcMLRboGk-CYk-ezpP8AAVO8/w280-h404/image.png" width="280" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>April 21, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yesterday, I played a 16-beat long tone on a low D. It felt like the greatest accomplishment of 2020-2021. It also indicated that greater accomplishments are yet to come. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/covid19?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUF-K7SyTtgvbMgnM-DkPmpxv5MKnvgmM6PPkaakPyEI3wqoDlpJWaGg9ciSFsxNyyvicDoINF_h_q2fVeg9vlCXpEhtrG6mMvDiZ9LQF66l2aZdql_ippplvUlvZWfGJs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#COVID19</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/asthmalife?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUF-K7SyTtgvbMgnM-DkPmpxv5MKnvgmM6PPkaakPyEI3wqoDlpJWaGg9ciSFsxNyyvicDoINF_h_q2fVeg9vlCXpEhtrG6mMvDiZ9LQF66l2aZdql_ippplvUlvZWfGJs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#asthmalife</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/musician?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUF-K7SyTtgvbMgnM-DkPmpxv5MKnvgmM6PPkaakPyEI3wqoDlpJWaGg9ciSFsxNyyvicDoINF_h_q2fVeg9vlCXpEhtrG6mMvDiZ9LQF66l2aZdql_ippplvUlvZWfGJs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#musician</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gratitude?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUF-K7SyTtgvbMgnM-DkPmpxv5MKnvgmM6PPkaakPyEI3wqoDlpJWaGg9ciSFsxNyyvicDoINF_h_q2fVeg9vlCXpEhtrG6mMvDiZ9LQF66l2aZdql_ippplvUlvZWfGJs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#gratitude</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ifyouknowyouknow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUF-K7SyTtgvbMgnM-DkPmpxv5MKnvgmM6PPkaakPyEI3wqoDlpJWaGg9ciSFsxNyyvicDoINF_h_q2fVeg9vlCXpEhtrG6mMvDiZ9LQF66l2aZdql_ippplvUlvZWfGJs&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#ifyouknowyouknow</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>June 2, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pacemaker, pandemic, COVID, pneumonia, asthma, inhalers, mental health collapse, graduating senior, AND NOW this ugly thing. People keep saying turning 40 is the start of your best decade yet. I'm clearly doing this really wrong or this decade is doing me dirty. However, very fortunate to have good medical insurance and care because I have used them a lot. Also, truly looking forward to the positive impact this thing is promised to provide (38 events each hour for those who know/curious). My husband has already called me Darth Vader...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">*crossed eyes for dramatic effect* </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqoQLB8WcxTLtfP9_ewK7ZSO0Dsr4gFvcw8fOya0G2_9waeDILwa1hvN7Z_VPJO41sdG90jzfwtFvrTFNs92sD0dYivUTB7kuRxrIuLImdzeEGcEDKGbrbGgj6fB_vHd7Hbz89AHJLhLU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="296" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqoQLB8WcxTLtfP9_ewK7ZSO0Dsr4gFvcw8fOya0G2_9waeDILwa1hvN7Z_VPJO41sdG90jzfwtFvrTFNs92sD0dYivUTB7kuRxrIuLImdzeEGcEDKGbrbGgj6fB_vHd7Hbz89AHJLhLU/w242-h489/image.png" width="242" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>June 12, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Very interesting article! Since having COVID in October 2020, I have been: diagnosed with asthma, now use daily inhalers, diagnosed with sleep apnea, now use a CPAP, and have had a hysterectomy. I thought all/any of these would at some point help me to feel better (fatigue, brain fog, joint pain) and while I'm better than I was in January and probably better a bit more each month, I'm still nowhere near capable of the life I had before COVID. I have been contemplating seeing a Gastroenterologist and this article seems to indicate that could be a good next direction.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>June 23, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID long-haul is real. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is being ignored and people are dying from the stress of protracted illness, unmanageable symptoms, healthcare providers who turn them away with derision and eye rolls, and family members who criticize rather than listen. I help moderate <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/idcovidlonghaulers/?__cft__[0]=AZX6r8neiIoqd6hWWx7KDbVRrCxO-Ucav6zIApqjayIb5ef8iv7WfCVcMV7GATTp4K38fIry74kIzYHIMVSgnV2-skoQCZegFX8R6qat9ZuC87v-8HXAABo9MAmpVYvN5wQ&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Idaho COVID Long Haulers</span></a> and today we had a member attempt suicide. My own battle with mental health in the past 8+ months as I have muddled through continuing symptoms pales in comparison to those without good insurance, without willing providers, without a support system. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I know people think I'm a hypochondriac. I have watched people roll their eyes at me when I talk about symptoms. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My heart breaks today for the man in this news story, for the person in my support group, and for thousands of others living in a seemingly endless hell of symptoms. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't know what it will take for the culture around COVID to change but I pray that people will STOP ignoring, criticizing, and doubting those who are trying to get better when there is so little science and so few providers who are willing to help. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX6r8neiIoqd6hWWx7KDbVRrCxO-Ucav6zIApqjayIb5ef8iv7WfCVcMV7GATTp4K38fIry74kIzYHIMVSgnV2-skoQCZegFX8R6qat9ZuC87v-8HXAABo9MAmpVYvN5wQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>July 23, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grades submitted! Thus ends 4.5 pandemic semesters, 63 weeks! CFS binder (tenure) turned in a few weeks ago. So much gratitude to our AMAZING students at BYUI who have trudged this path, hand-in-hand with faculty and staff - they have been amazing! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grateful to my husband, willing family and friends who have listened to me cry and complain through MONTHS of injury, illness, crippling self-doubt and fear. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I feel like my world exploded in Feb 2020 followed by the rest of the world imploding in March 2020. I'm still recovering. I have gained a great therapist, psychiatric nurse, and so many *fun* diagnoses: pacemaker, asthma, apnea, GI, brain fog, chronic fatigue... I'm about half the human I was at the end of 2019. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">But I'm looking forward! I've been able to taper off the inhalers. I gave a contrabassoon lesson yesterday! I'm playing more and more. I've performed live 3 times! Slow and steady, sloooooow and steady. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/KMCrawford?__cft__[0]=AZXTEy86yOWXJ-_fSfyaww9EvKfRC0AujGhzL7LSunGBcJfosCHxDXVualDT1SFuugJCHY7o3Qkqsk_h-Hda7X9y17UNgJFKeKbhBxvRbN-JtYtUkNZrU1omrpZv3DUotCk&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Ken Crawford</span></a> and I were very fortunate to attend the temple on Wednesday evening. It brought me incredible peace and comfort. The temple is the most perfect expression of my faith and casts the perspective I need. These trials are temporary, healing is possible, and there is more to live for and work toward.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>August 16, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes! </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">What follows will be my birthday reflection which is more for me than anyone else.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm 41 today. I can say unequivocally that this has been the most challenging/fearful year of my life. I'm honestly shocked that I'm alive. I'm doing a lot of work: physically, mentally, spiritually. For example, I've been working through a lot of faulty core beliefs by writing down the mean thoughts that pop into my mind and then proving them wrong. It's been a very cathartic exercise. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">For my entire life, I have always viewed my birthday as a jumping off point - more than the New Year - a day to think about what I desire from the upcoming year. It was part of our family culture to await the annual "What will the next year hold for you?" posed by our Mother. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tonight at dinner my intuitive sister asked a new question, "Well, Sister, where are you right now?" </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a much better question. Because looking to the future right now doesn't hold the energizing inspiration it once held. Because dreaming doesn't come easily to me right now. Because goal setting and goal achieving isn't the sport it once was. Because I have absolutely no idea what could possibly happen...in fact, what could happen might be entirely unimaginable. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, instead, I'm focused on being present and grateful. I'm working to share and express love whenever possible. I'm realizing how much empathy is needed. I am humbled. Some days I say "I'm broken" but that doesn't really honor what I have learned...humbled is a better word. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Where am I right now? I'm alive and I'm exceedingly fortunate. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I prayed for a miracle several weeks ago because I didn't know what to pray for anymore. I decided to go BIG and just ask for a WHOLE MIRACLE. I believe in miracles and I believe God has been unfolding one for me since that prayer - I truly believe this is possible and it's happening. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course I know miracles don't happen on their own. I'm doing my part to pave a way for that miracle. A lot of that work includes opening my heart and mind to a life without pretense or the demands of expectations.<i><b> To see a miracle, to receive something radical, I believe one has to be truly open to an inexplicable opportunity for unexpected transformation. </b></i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This year has fundamentally changed me: how I think, what I believe, how I navigate my daily life.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm not going to write a grand vision statement for what is next. I'm not going to create a list of goals and activities to achieve in the next year. I am going to be present in my life and do as much good as I possibly can. I am going to take care of myself. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pictured below: sitting in a cool creek in Wallace, Idaho wearing compression socks and smiling at the most incredible husband <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/KMCrawford?__cft__[0]=AZUuOxUrMDAdqI_K87QU2iZTlow3SS10F6sSbxT3GQgsNhj9dscN_xN12mya3y8dCk3FD6in136oYeLgbwlGHdnJSJ5IFMC_G8mtBuaavUIV5n7mcl4Y7fS1khzHe05-n8c&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Ken Crawford</span></a>.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTdEZHtkpSUaRqfOLp2TyXg2hJVg-QMVd_uj-X-pKfpSOr1o88m2QYO4oVbCJFi-t8jCGrDimZEQoS7NaF9gZ-9IOJTUGd3ut3ciYC5IsSWiRVfP9dvmrJmwc2gmd8WzsrGtqB04yBaLJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="960" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTdEZHtkpSUaRqfOLp2TyXg2hJVg-QMVd_uj-X-pKfpSOr1o88m2QYO4oVbCJFi-t8jCGrDimZEQoS7NaF9gZ-9IOJTUGd3ut3ciYC5IsSWiRVfP9dvmrJmwc2gmd8WzsrGtqB04yBaLJ/w531-h252/image.png" width="531" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>August 23, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Drove this beast SOLO (5-speed, manual transmission, Cummins diesel) for a 4-night retreat at <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheChallisHotSprings/?__cft__[0]=AZWpaV-LRt1aETuABm7TrvFNpX6A8VwdYPOnZwr27eSeUMUBbcHSIUTNYTqJHXSB3y3aco9jrm3joc4eFit0Ote2cezGgHxpjLy1zoTJ5lStueq965k4Rw0eWfliwIYOM1J-M-WnRryJRSWAaDma5dlo&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Challis Hot Springs</span></a>. Even reversed into the spot with essentially no experience going in reverse in a diesel, manual transmission. Yes, I DO feel accomplished! Brought more books than I could ever finish, in all formats: paper, audio, ebook. BYUI has the shortest summer break in higher ed but a late start. Still a few weeks left to recuperate and enjoy the miracle of much improved health and wellness. THANKS to <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/KMCrawford?__cft__[0]=AZWpaV-LRt1aETuABm7TrvFNpX6A8VwdYPOnZwr27eSeUMUBbcHSIUTNYTqJHXSB3y3aco9jrm3joc4eFit0Ote2cezGgHxpjLy1zoTJ5lStueq965k4Rw0eWfliwIYOM1J-M-WnRryJRSWAaDma5dlo&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Ken Crawford</span></a> for bravely permitting me to take <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/514722583056864/?__cft__[0]=AZWpaV-LRt1aETuABm7TrvFNpX6A8VwdYPOnZwr27eSeUMUBbcHSIUTNYTqJHXSB3y3aco9jrm3joc4eFit0Ote2cezGgHxpjLy1zoTJ5lStueq965k4Rw0eWfliwIYOM1J-M-WnRryJRSWAaDma5dlo&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Offroad Hub</span></a> mobile headquarters away for the week.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8dyL1CFJMk_aKudRgA5vZjkXr3FrsLKsSIJPwp_IKtX2ugRuk8n30YcBv27RSfYKcxnzIgf-658VVIGqIWmTAb7HkzZ2jCJQj3SS1K50Tc-fuOhNV15YPUY9-XlDu-VATLhLSxv-YYOJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1080" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8dyL1CFJMk_aKudRgA5vZjkXr3FrsLKsSIJPwp_IKtX2ugRuk8n30YcBv27RSfYKcxnzIgf-658VVIGqIWmTAb7HkzZ2jCJQj3SS1K50Tc-fuOhNV15YPUY9-XlDu-VATLhLSxv-YYOJ/w597-h291/image.png" width="597" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>September 8, 2021</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is such an excellent article and description of long-haul COVID. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am 11 mos since my COVID19 infection, and while I feel "mostly" better (a huge improvement just in the past several weeks) I can, without hyperbole, state that I am not and highly doubt I will ever be the person I was before COVID. In some ways, moving at a much slower pace through my life, prioritizing with great clarity what has to be done and what can simply be let go, I can see that this journey has forced me to face some important life changes. I am still unable to say "I'm grateful..." despite my belief in the discipline of spiritual faith, that all things in life are given to build capacity, wisdom, and purpose. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I made the observation just recently with my husband that as long as I move slowly and deliberately, doing one task at a time, I seem able to get through the day and its requirements with adequate energy, peace, and a measure of happiness. But the rapidity of thought, creative energy and productivity that has been a defining characteristic of my personality, my life, and my career feels woefully elusive. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been in weekly therapy for 9 mos. I do a lot of journaling as I sort out who I am now and work through the grief of losing who I was and loved being. I fear my thoughts and must reroute them continuously towards rational and positive thinking. I literally become anxious when I feel the pull of fatigue, heavy limbs, brain fog, and any upset to my physical systems. Each day there is at least one moment when I think, <b>"Just snap out of it Elizabeth!"</b> But I also rejoice as I have been able to recently: read books with strong mental clarity, take adventures with energy for physical exertion, and mark the days that are such a vast improvement over months of darkness, fear, and CONSTANT fatigue. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think I will forever bifurcate my life between BEFORE COVID and AFTER COVID and I'm certain I'm not alone in this as thousands of people around the world continue their struggle with long-haul COVID. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notjustacold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUfMqX3slhKp8lbehz-Ck_KcFClPOSRdWd5VUWkW6thbm0g2SV0A4IugwgtHqreUSZR0PmWLCNPIRpMa5RjZMy8R0NU36IFq6deLrP-wCqVRg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notjustacold</a></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32127148/clemson-defensive-end-justin-foster-my-struggle-long-haul-covid?fbclid=IwAR2Y8oY70_Ldx50JQsQrOovcEyaYDxg2_pNXoDjBh13TPPiAXbd_Wus-WQo" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.espn.com/.../clemson-defensive-end-justin...</span></a></div></div></div></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div>Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-14357261193431375172020-03-15T15:26:00.002-07:002020-03-15T15:26:26.867-07:00"Virtual Masterclass" materials <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many thanks to the wonderful <b>fEmpower</b> community for putting out a request for shared materials to assist everyone in moving towards "online delivery." 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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have curated a few series below from my own content. I hope they create fantastic conversations and opportunities for learning in this time that keeps us from being physically present with our students. </span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2-wire reedmaking</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This series is perfect for anyone who has GSP cane - any shape and profile - and have time to experiment with finishing it in a new way. There are a few tools that are different but you can absolutely use standard tools to approximate the process. I'm confident it will yield a compelling reed and definitely stir up some great conversations. </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjhREQ5-9A&list=PLGrAgUm18oL5OXpY1i7IZo4_5pGwlvEwo"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YouTube playlist</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/p/how-i-make-reeds-giorgio-versiglia-style.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instructions</span></a><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purchasing a "new bassoon"</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This series would be fun especially if you need to drum up some motivation for students who need to purchase their own instruments (a constant challenge in my studio). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My personal musings - which I actually haven't finished! Recommended order:</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/01/that-new-bassoon-smell.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/01/that-new-bassoon-smell.html</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/02/in-market-for-new-bassoon-first.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/02/in-market-for-new-bassoon-first.html</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/02/six-bassoons-later-what-ive-learned.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/02/six-bassoons-later-what-ive-learned.html</span></a></li>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Professional Auditions</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a 22-part series that I wrote in REAL-TIME on my path to winning my first salaried orchestral position. It's raw, it's honest, it demonstrates all the things you should and should not do on that crazy path! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would be a LOT of reading, but <a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/search/label/audition">here is the link to all the pertinent blog posts.</a> I missed a few when I labeled the posts but they would be easy to find for those who are just totally fascinated by the experiences I had and my writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find a few videos of me playing excerpts on this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGrAgUm18oL6y13xA6puSQF-HC69VJzsB">YouTube playlist.</a> I will also disclose that I was preparing for a Seattle Symphony audition when I made the videos doing the side-by-side comparison videos for purchasing a bassoon. With that in mind, you might have a HILARIOUS time critiquing all my varied tempi and sundry errors whilst watching those videos knowing that I was actively preparing a professional audition. #humility #vulnerability</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Légère Reeds</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have long been an advocate of Legere reeds for many reasons. (Still wish I could get a sponsorship from them...LOL!) I played on Legere reeds exclusively for the 2014-2015 concert season. You will learn why in the posts I wrote. I learned a lot and continue to purchase them and carry them in my reed case. I don't often play on them but I still deeply believe in their value and may return to full-time use...one day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/search/label/Legere%20reed%20review">Légère blog posts</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a <a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/search/label/manufactured%20reeds">follow-up post</a> that shares a funny experience I had with a borrowed Legere. I also go off on a rant about my loathing for manufactured reeds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Hopefully these help to fill some time and give ideas for content we can all use in our studios in the upcoming weeks. I will update this blog post as I think of other topics I have covered on both my website and YouTube channel. Leave comments with questions, concerns, broken links. </b></i> </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">EC - clipping to adjust tuning, start at 29 mm from tip to top of wire, shorten as needed</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Crow and play the reed on your bassoon right after you clip the tip - you’ll be surprised! Keep crowing and playing on your bassoon after each step (especially on your first several attempts) to best appreciate how quickly the vibrations are freed up. Also, by crowing and playing more frequently, you will avoid over thinning the tip. This is integral to the reed style which is generally thicker overall and in the ratio from the collar to the tip. </b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zone 1 (tip) - overall response, pitch</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zone 2 - “Feel of Reed,” mid-range clarity</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zone 3 - Bottom octave response</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Crow the reed before and after you do this to feel how much difference taking cane from this very small area releases vibration.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SS - “Feel of reed” is how much embouchure pressure is required at the point where your lips connect with the reed (Zone 2)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When removing cane from Zone 2 channels keep in mind that you are not creating channels your are releasing vibration.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This reed style is about vibration!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knife - moving straight across the tip, remove cane until you no longer hear the popping sound of the knife against plaque (or the popping is significantly less)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(SS) Rail has a ratio to the spine</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We see the manifestation of a heavy rail at the tip, we address the manifestation (“warped tip”) by addressing the taper of the rail as a WHOLE</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use less pressure (if using a file or sandpaper) as you approach the tip</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avoid removing cane from the center of the tip</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rotate the file out towards and off the corners</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 17-19, 2019 I attended the </span><a href="https://music.uiowa.edu/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">University of Iowa</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, Advanced Reed-making Workshop with Italian bassoonist, performer, educator, and tool-maker/owner of </span><a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Andante e Rondo</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://www.consbg.it/index.php/docenti/docente/versiglia-giorgio" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Giorgio Versiglia.</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">This remarkable workshop was hosted by: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://music.uiowa.edu/people/benjamin-coelho" target="_blank">Benjamin Coelho</a> and </span><a href="https://erynoft.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Eryn Oft</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you aren't familiar with these three wonderful bassoonists, click on those links and learn about their work! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>For the duration of this post: </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>GV = Giorgio Versiglia, AeR = Andante e Rondo</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I have been playing on GV's style of reeds exclusively for the past month. </b> It has been wonderful and proven to me that this is an effective and efficient style of reedmaking. I have also learned that applying GV's principles to your current shape and profile will also yield positive results. I have used the AeR tools that are specific to the GV process but there are also fundamental principals which can be applied to the materials you currently use. I have found these principles to be quite different from how I have made reeds previously. Thus far in my experience, applying those principles to my own GSP have vastly improved my reed quality with a shorter finishing time. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">Gouged, shaped, profiled cane - </span><a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/p/61/bassoon-cane-gouged-profiled-and-shaped" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;" target="_blank"> GV's cane from AeR </a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">- or any that you already have. I have applied GV's style to Reiger 1, Rieger 1A, Fox 1, and Fox 3, all with <a href="https://www.mmimports.com/product/gonzalez-bassoon-tube-cane-5-kilo/">Gonzalez</a> tube cane, with excellent results. I have also used AeR cane (with GV's specific shape and profile) which I also highly recommend. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.rjleahy.com/category-s/109.htm?fbclid=IwAR3cHonsCEh4SSo_6tNLAK3n6frI4VdrDt1YrnMwf4OqHI0imE1cayxTt6o" target="_blank">24 gauge soft brass wire</a> - this link will take you to the specific wire used by GV. I have been using my preexisting stock of 24-gauge wire which you will see in my images and videos. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">forming mandrel, AeR</span><a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/p/54/forming-mandrel-for-bassoon-versiglia-model" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> forming mandrel</a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">holding mandrel, AeR<a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/p/72/mandrel-for-bassoon-versiglia-model" target="_blank"> mandrel</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">flat diamond file, AeR<a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/p/86/diamond-file-for-the-finishing-of-the-reed" target="_blank"> file</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">calipers</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBhyphenhyphenjhAK5Y0E5fTRDWehS558NZGOH_cP8Jn1yI0eHGXjZvtswys9EdY_vdX9WNBoTubS4FIsoM3nVGKzWJhtAQKOLUDdKjxHFlEcAQQimCacTp_FZNUvjbeakP_y3P396PCjVX0gxAAzO/s1600/calipers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="800" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBhyphenhyphenjhAK5Y0E5fTRDWehS558NZGOH_cP8Jn1yI0eHGXjZvtswys9EdY_vdX9WNBoTubS4FIsoM3nVGKzWJhtAQKOLUDdKjxHFlEcAQQimCacTp_FZNUvjbeakP_y3P396PCjVX0gxAAzO/s320/calipers.jpg" width="320" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tip cutters/clippers (mine pictured below), AeR<a href="http://www.andanterondo.com/c/28/cutters" target="_blank"> clipper (check these out, very different) </a></span></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JG3C6Q7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_n6ucDbJ2HGYCT?fbclid=IwAR0jThRGzlR3jTka2-qxEVAJ38lu9LP7J7ffF8bHgYkZ_DmrDiHTxi3NDCc" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1000 grit diamond sharpening stone</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to thin the tip, not for actual knife sharpening</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working on the reed needs just a few dips of the blade, leaving the tube completely dry through the finishing process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Playing on the reed can almost be done completely dry (especially impressive as I live in the mountain west at 4,800 feet). Dipping the blade into water and then letting it sit for a minute is sufficient preparation for playing. </span></li>
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<br />Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-35748896188280521492019-05-20T14:39:00.000-07:002019-05-20T14:39:16.181-07:00Double Reed Dish: A Reflection<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We all know exactly who <a href="https://music.rice.edu/faculty/benjamin-kamins" target="_blank">Benjamin Kamins</a> is and, while there are many ways to describe his contributions and legacy to our community, I would personally describe him as the gentle force behind one of the winning-est studios in the country currently.*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>National auditions, competitions – his
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have observed masterclasses led by Mr. Kamins, reed making workshops, even auditioned for his studio way back in 1999. I've seen him perform, listened to his albums,
and took advantage of an opportunity</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to pick his brain about DMA programs </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when he randomly sat next to me at a MQVC concert</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><i><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He’s
unfailingly kind, in</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>defatigably</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> positive, and intimately aware and wise regarding every aspect of this crazy
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were many moments in his <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-210638154/episode-59-benjamin-kamins" target="_blank">recent interview with the Double Reed Dish</a> that were worthy of cross-stitch and framing. Such as this Zen proverb:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I want to focus on a few as they relate to my
own much needed, mid-career catharsis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>1 - Regarding winning his first job at the age of 19, he
said, “I got lucky.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>2 - Regarding his career moving forward from that point,
summarizing audition wins and losses, “I still felt like a failure in my career
into my mid-40’s.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>3 – Trying to win the principal bassoon spot in the "God Philharmonic” – which he didn’t achieve – and learning instead to bloom where
he had been planted in Houston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The honesty and perspective with which Mr. Kamins speaks is a salve
to the mid-career musician soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
sparks reflection on subjects we don’t talk about nearly enough and no amount of
mentoring ever makes easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
that <b><i>you can work your entire professional life as a musician and still feel
like you haven’t accomplished your dream</i></b>, you haven’t gotten “there,” which Mr. Kamins was quick to declare, it doesn’t exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We spend so much of our energy looking at the careers of a
few great performers/pedagogues and think, I want to get “there.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In pursuit of “there” we push ourselves
through auditions, jobs, moves, endless hours of practice, reed-making,
networking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who “Do The Work” with
discipline and consistency, <i><b>a career is built along the way which, for many,
may not look anything like the “there” they had imagined for themselves.</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been really fortunate as a working musician my entire adult life even with a two year mom-sabbatical. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been a military musician, a salaried
orchestral musician, touring chamber musician, founder and board member of a
non-profit, adjunct/visiting/tenure-track professor, and, and, and…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">…but I still fight that little voice that pokes at me, “Too bad you never won principal bassoon of the God Philharmonic.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which is one of the reasons I found myself at </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Seattle Symphony associate principal
audition in March. I was sent on my way after five excerpts in the prelim
round. I haven’t advanced out of prelims
since the Naples audition...whenever that was...maybe c. 2014...I mean, <i>YEARS AGO</i>. <b style="font-style: italic;"> </b><b style="font-style: italic;">My career
success rate for auditions hovers around 10%. </b>Despite this, my </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">transition into higher
education has placed me </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in a position that easily
provides the final resting place for me professionally.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Woo-hoo!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Except, this year, ensconced in my tenure process, my mind keeps running the following script
over and over: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m here
for how many more years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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be here for basically the next 30 years of my life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Staying put.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ENTER: doubt, second-guessing, but “what if” mind-set, plans to keep taking auditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4 – <b><i>"While you still have the fire in the belly...and you still have the dream...you should keep going and working toward that dream."</i></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">How long do you push, when do you settle down? We really do have permission to do both, my friends! Imagine that! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5 - </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">"Just do the work! It's the only thing we have!" </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I would add, find a way to have joy in that work. You have to love the process of discovery and improvement and you absolutely have to love reed making. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It steels the heart to hear a masterful player and teacher like Benjamin Kamins share his experiences with the doubts we all feel and the hopes to which we all hold.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The work of learning how to <b><i>live in peace and gratitude</i></b>
while simultaneously pushing forward to be your best self, your best bassoonist is not easy! Many of us get folded up into the dark corners of our brains and take time away from seeing the beauty of the lives we have created.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have been taught, explicitly and
passively, that some jobs, some careers, are just better or more impressive
than others. I'm not sure this has come from a point of malice but we have all listened to bitter, cynical musicians deplore lost auditions and missed opportunities - holding to the thought that to be “there” is better
than to be “here.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But let's follow Mr. Kamin's lead to teach </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and share a new message: celebration of the careers we DO achieve.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thanks Double Reed Dish for creating a space for a new conversation among musicians!</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cheers for celebrating the </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>many professional bassoonists who
wake up each day to perform and teach in their communities</b></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, the local Master
Bassoonists!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How fortunate we all are! May we never diminish our achievements by calling
a career a failure because it looks different from the careers of others or
different from what we set out to do at the inception of this journey!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Cheers for bassoon gratitude and a community that is working
to tell the story of success and abundance in every corner of our bassoon world.</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">"Sometimes you do things in life just to figure out what you </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>don't </i></b><span style="text-align: left;">want to do in life." </span><i style="text-align: left;">- My Dad</i><br />
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The same principle can obviously be applied to trying bassoons in the pursuit of finding <b><i>The One. </i></b></div>
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All of the instruments I have trialed have strengths and weaknesses. For the price you would pay for each of them, my feeling is that they are all priced quite reasonably and all sit in the $17,000 - $24,000 range. </div>
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The Moosmann 222-CL, Leitzinger Model II, and Kronwalt are all solid instruments. If you are in the market for a bassoon be sure to try these bassoons - they have a lot to offer! However, they are not right for me and<a href="http://www.bassoonwithaview.com/2019/02/in-market-for-new-bassoon-first.html" target="_blank"> the goals I have set for this process.</a> They are also all <b><i>thick wall</i></b> bassoons. </div>
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This has been the most important realization I have made during this process: <i><b> The instrument I need for the sound I desire and the type of playing I do falls within the </b></i><i><b>capabilities of a "thin wall" instrument: the Yamaha 811 & 821 and the Moosmann 150E have presented as the best options for my needs.</b></i></div>
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Thin wall bassoons are typically associated or modeled after the much sought after Heckel pre-war sound. Not every manufacturer carries or even identifies with thin or thick wall bassoons. Also, these identifiers are relative and vary with regard to actual measurements. However, there are clear differences in how these instruments play - whether the manufacturer chooses to identify them as thick/thin or not.</div>
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A bassoon with walls of regular thickness has a rich sound, with a high degree of flexibility that can easily produce sound with a soloistic, song-like and expressive quality. More power is required when playing a bassoon made with heavy, thick walls, but its sound has a uniquely solemn, dark quality, and is particularly suited to orchestral performances.</div>
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<i><b>Flexibility in a bassoon is the ability of the instrument to make changes in pitch with ease</b></i>. For example, in chamber music, if the player wants to match quickly to another's tendency, can the pitch be adjusted quickly and with ease. It does not refer to the overall pitch being unstable.</div>
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I think these concepts have been elusive in my own understanding because I play a Fox 601, thick wall bassoon, and I do not find it flexible in these ways. Concepts of flexibility are foreign (even confusing) to me because I haven't experienced it in 10 years of playing on a thick wall instrument. The thick wall models are built for power, projection - read every instrument description from every manufacturer for a thick wall instrument - and consistency (wherever it may lay, it's not budging), a bassoon built for the large orchestra.</div>
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<i>THE FOX MODEL 601 WAS FIRST OFFERED BY FOX PRODUCTS IN 1991. DESIGNED TO PROJECT A LARGE, DARK TONE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SOLOISTS AND ORCHESTRAL PLAYERS, IT WAS THE FIRST FOX DESIGN WITH THICKER WALLS AND LARGER TONE HOLES. IN ADDITION, IT HAS EXTRA LENGTH IN BOTH THE BASS AND WING JOINTS TO PRODUCE AN EVEN GREATER DEPTH OF SOUND AND MORE POWERFUL LOW REGISTER.</i></div>
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Whereas thin wall instruments are flexible and capable of projection through clarity of tone rather than through power. I would describe the word <b><i>power</i></b> as quantity and speed of air used to create volume. They also have flexibility of pitch (from what I have now experienced) and flexibility of sound. It's a very different approach to building and playing an instrument. </div>
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As I reflect upon my own playing and use of a thick-wall instrument, I realize now how I landed upon a 601 as my best choice 10 years ago and why I now want something drastically different. For a young bassoonist who wants a huge sound, the 601 (and any thick wall bassoon) is a <i style="font-weight: bold;">total blast to play! </i>Performing with the <a href="https://www.chinookwinds.org/" target="_blank">Chinook Winds quintet</a>, laying foundation for 4 powerhouse solo players, my 601 was fantastic! Prior to that, playing in Army bands, free-lancing, graduate school; again, the sheer power available to me was perfection! I listen back to all my recordings from that time period and I love what I hear. My sound, my style of playing make sense in context.</div>
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I had a major back surgery that required my abdomen to be cut vertically for 8 inches. My recovery was long and my playing as a result has changed. I feel this in how I <b><i>generate vibrato</i></b> across all ranges, how much physical work is required to<b><i> project </i></b>into a hall and in the work required to <b><i>create tapers</i></b> that can compete with the most nuanced clarinet player. I also recognize the physical demands required by a thick wall instrument have become more challenging simply because I'm older. I have battled 4 back surgeries in addition to neck and shoulder issues. </div>
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As I have moved from full-time performance into higher education, I do more solo playing now. My quintet dynamic has also changed from full-time work with 4 young, powerhouse players. Now playing in a university faculty quintet means very intermittent periods of rehearsal and performance - some semesters there is almost none. The change in personalities and playing style has required me to be a very different player. </div>
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Currently, I play principal only with a community orchestra (Idaho Falls Symphony) rather than with salaried/tenured regional orchestras (Great Falls, Billings). This requires more delicacy and (here it comes) <i style="font-weight: bold;">flexibility </i>to blend well and provide what is needed. I have also been playing second bassoon consistently for 3 seasons now (second to a Heckel 6000) - something I have never done before and an entirely different skill set!</div>
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In my last blog post, I stated the desire to have an instrument that <b><i>could </i></b>handle a huge sound when needed - something I felt the 6000 Heckel I played on couldn't quite deliver (of course I could be wrong). I hear the greatest potential for this very specific ability in the Yamaha models. The Moosmann 150E is lovely to play, so easy in the bottom octave, so stable and responsive in the top octave - really impressive! But I also hear, and have received confirmation from my oboe colleague, that the Moosmann doesn't push out like my Fox does and it was missed in performance.</div>
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Many thanks to <a href="http://www.millermarketingco.com/" target="_blank">Justin Miller</a> and <a href="https://www.mmimports.com/" target="_blank">Midwest Musical Imports</a>, I have been permitted to keep the Yamaha 821 and Moosmann 150EDLX for an extra long trial. I am taking them to Seattle for a 7-day residency with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/triodebois/" target="_blank">Trio de Bois</a> and a concert with the <a href="https://seattleensign.org/" target="_blank">Ensign Symphony and Chorus </a>onstage at Benaroya Hall. This next week will reveal a lot about what these instrument can offer and how they will/will not meet the goals I have set for this process.</div>
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In addition, as I have gained even greater clarity and wisdom from this process, I am setting up trials on a few more bassoons before I make a final decision: Fox 460, Puchner 6000, maybe a Fox 680. I am trying to find a newer Fox 201 and any and all Heckels - both are really hard to come by. I was on the waitlist for a Benson Bell but, not surprising, it was purchased before it got to me. </div>
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The journey continues! Be sure to check out my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7cuEOO_zq7k4HrQ0u5Rmw" target="_blank">YT channel</a> for more comparison videos of instruments. </div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">First, I have to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who has left comments, sent messages and emails to offer insight, help, even potential instruments for sale as I have shared my videos. THANK YOU! I really appreciate the feedback - keep it coming!</span></i></div>
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A culmination of several events over the past 6 months has pushed me into the market for a new bassoon. Only about 10 days into the process, I have already learned so much. I'm always peeking at the cost of bassoons - don't we all? And who doesn't enjoy the vendor hall play-testing at various conferences? However, the reality of how much the market has changed since I purchased my Fox 601 in 2009 has been humbling.<br />
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<li>everyone has an opinion! This isn't a bad thing. Absorbing years of experience, wisdom, and insight from others can afford you the data needed to distillate meaningful axioms for the process.</li>
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The last few days playing a Leitzinger and a Yamaha (videos to come) have allowed me to concisely articulate what I want in a new bassoon:</div>
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The result of this clarity has quickly led me to a better understanding of how and why bassoonists keep inching up their budget. It is easy to see, at this early point, how bassoons in the $20K-$30K price range are really quite similar. <b><i> It becomes more a question of an exchange of challenges rather than a question of wholesale superiority. </i></b></div>
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<li>I HAVE TO HAVE a responsive and in-tune (as much as possible) top octave. <b><i>The 6000 Heckel I had the great fortune to play this weekend had the free-est, most in tune, responsive top octave I have ever experienced. </i></b>There simply was no fight! They spoke, they were in tune, they moved easily into the next note.</li>
<li> Nuttty core to every note. Capable of a full tone no matter how short you play. This is very much the player but also very much the ability of the instrument, in my opinion. Any master player can make almost any instrument sound pretty awesome. But I am convinced there are also master instruments that, when paired with a master player, well, <b>*MAGIC.* </b> I heard it at Meg Quigley from multiple bassoonists. I heard it from all the teachers with whom I studied. In my life as a Wild West Bassoonist I don't hear it and likely I'm the one who needs to be creating it for my students and the ensembles in which I perform. I'm failing them. </li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm not going to bog this down with a play-by-play list of events. <a href="http://mqvc.org/" target="_blank"> It was a packed schedule</a> filled with masterclasses and performances featuring a collection of the finest bassoonists in the United States - students, university/conservatory educators, and orchestral professionals. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instead, I'm going to attempt to capture how unexpectedly transformational this experience proved to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a very last minute attempt to maximize my time in LA, I bought a ticket to see the LA Philharmonic for Thursday evening after my arrival. Realizing there would not be any other time to see them perform that weekend, this was wise. You <i><b>do not want to miss</b></i> any of the events given at MQVC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My night at the LAPhil was rather unique in that John Adams was conducting and premiered Phillip Glass's latest work, Symphony No. 12. The best part for me was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Tumblebird Contrails</i> by young composer, <a href="http://www.gabriellasmith.com/About.html" target="_blank">Gabriella Smith.</a> Upon my return from LA I immediately contacted her to discuss a commission. She is booked through 2021 - good for her!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was a great discussion between the panel members. I especially appreciated the diverse careers represented in the panel. Spending my entire career in the "trenches" of audience development, outreach, remote/rural performances, and accessible programming; my passion for being an citizen-artist is simply how I have lived my life! To be a musician is to be part of a community - wherever that may land you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Community Bassoon Band - this was a blast! I believe the final count was 76-80 bassoonists and it sounded pretty fantastic. Great arrangements and just a fun time to sit within the most expensive "forest" a person could imagine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The afternoon/evening performances and competition rounds each day were filled with stunning playing! It was incredible to hear so many wildly accomplished bassoonists back-to-back. I was smitten with the gorgeous sounds/tone/colors I heard all weekend. Being a <b><i>Wild West</i></b> bassoonist has been a blast but it has also made me a very isolated bassoonist. I don't often have the opportunity to hear other professional bassoonists, specifically players that inspire me to contemplate and improve components of my playing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think this was what I most cherished about the MQVC: the constant, focused emphasis on great bassooning. It refreshed my ears and served as a crucial reminder of the great bassoon sound I love and work to achieve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the Saturday evening concert, I was especially touched by Dr. Stephanie Patterson's performance of <i>Translations</i> by Natalie Moller. It seems to me that Stephanie represents all the great hopes of the Meg Quigley organization: once a finalist herself, now an accomplished educator and performer AND devoted mom and wife. Her performance shared vulnerability among an audience that received and celebrated her musical offering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't expect to feel so...loved/enriched/enveloped by a "conference" and this is why Meg Quigley is so much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final day began with composer, Jenni Brandon, leading yoga followed by Stephanie Corwin giving a workshop in baroque performance practice and two wonderful masterclasses by Sue Heineman and Laura Najarian. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final concert continued to showcase incredible performances: Andrew Brady, Sue Heineman, Ben Kamins, Whitney Crockett, Lee Goodhew...and more. Again, <a href="http://mqvc.org/docs/2019-MQVC-program-web.pdf" target="_blank">check out the conference booklet to see all the program's rep and performers.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was my first time attending MQVC and I intend to never miss it again. This is THE place to hear and interact with phenomenal bassoonists who share a strong sense of community. It did not escape notice that MQVC set out to inspire and enrich the "whole" bassoonist: yoga with Jenni Brandon, Alexander Technique with Ben Kamins, sessions for high school bassoonists AND their parents. Even the perhaps unintentional "spiritual" element to program rep; Eric Varner's presentation of <i>Campostela</i>, Jaqueline Wilson's performance of <i>Katcina Dances</i>, Stephanie Patterson's previously mentioned performance. Each of these combined to create an atmosphere that manifested: joy, safety, learning, artistry, professional abundance, and genuine interaction for the benefit of all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh! I can't possibly forget to mention Janis McKay's performance of <i>Andy Warhol sez...</i>which required a last minute piano collaboration with a friend of John Steinmetz! Again, <b><i>you had to be there </i></b>to hear and believe how that obstacle was resolved to allow a wonderful performance by Janis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So many special moments...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>My heartfelt gratitude</i></b> to the Meg Quigley Directors, team, and army of supporters, volunteers, vendors, and people making it all possible. This is an incredible opportunity and resource for bassoonists and if you are bassoonist, you should <b><i>make it a priority to attend. </i></b> </span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...if it were an air freshener, that's what it would smell like around the <a href="http://www.byui.edu/music" target="_blank">BYU-Idaho bassoon studio</a>. Two students have purchased new bassoons with one more well on the way towards a purchase.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I couldn't be happier watching these students make a huge commitment, manage a challenging process, and secure beautiful instruments that will bring them joy for many years to come. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It has also prompted me to get more organized about presenting them with the resources they need to consider, where to go, and how to budget for this process.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>Buying a bassoon is a lengthy but exciting process.</i></b> It's best not to rush, playing on many bassoons will assist you in making the best decision. When trialing a bassoon, be sure you are scheduled for rehearsals, a lesson or listening session with a teacher/mentor/colleague, and have access to a recital/concert hall. It has been recommended by many to have another bassoonist play your bassoon and the one you are trialing while you listen from a distance. This may not always be possible which is why it's important to have a teacher/mentor/colleague whose ear and opinion you trust. You should also consider recording side-by-side comparisons to further assist you in hearing differences. </span><br />
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>shipping</b> minimum of $50 each way but can climb to $150</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>repair work</b> typically starts at $150 from your trusted local technician (if you are fortunate to have one) for very basic maintenance</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">even if the instrument doesn't need "repair" always have the bassoon you are trialing checked by a technician for bore damage or other fatal flaws</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>instrument insurance
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">if this is your professional instrument you should check out <a href="https://www.idrs.org/about/membership/" target="_blank">Clarion for the IDRS group policy rate</a></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">if this is a "hobby" instrument, you can add it to your homeowner's insurance</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">likely a <b>new bocal</b> to match you and your reed style to your new instrument
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">new bocals start around $750 and can easily be $1,200+ </span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mmimports.com/2012/07/heckel-bocal-information/" target="_blank">Check this </a>out to learn what all those letters and numbers mean</span></li>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">used bocals run a wide spectrum of prices but are an excellent option</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here are my go-to sites for finding instruments for sale:</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.forrestsmusic.com/used_bassoons.htm">https://www.forrestsmusic.com/used_bassoons.htm</a></li><li><a href="https://adamtrusselldoublereeds.com/product-category/instruments/bassoons/in-stock-bassoons/">https://adamtrusselldoublereeds.com/product-category/instruments/bassoons/in-stock-bassoons/</a></li><li><a href="https://rdgwoodwinds.com/collections/used-bassoons">https://rdgwoodwinds.com/collections/used-bassoons</a></li><li><a href="https://charlesmusic.com/product-category/instruments-and-bocals/used-bassoons/"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://charlesmusic.com/product-category/instruments-and-bocals/used-bassoons/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.brassandwinds.com/collections/bassoons">https://www.brassandwinds.com/collections/bassoons</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bocalmajoritystore.com/instruments/bassoons/">https://www.bocalmajoritystore.com/instruments/bassoons/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.doublereed.co.uk/products/second-hand-bassoons/"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://www.doublereed.co.uk/products/second-hand-bassoons/</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://us.crookandstaple.com/collections/secondhand-bassoons"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://us.crookandstaple.com/collections/secondhand-bassoons</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kirkerbassoonrepair.com/Heckel%20Bassoons%20For%20Sale.htm"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://www.kirkerbassoonrepair.com/Heckel%20Bassoons%20For%20Sale.htm</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ariadoublereeds.com/"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://www.ariadoublereeds.com/</span></a></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bassoonists United <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204572575/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204572575/</a></span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.musicalchairs.info/bassoon/sales"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://www.musicalchairs.info/bassoon/sales</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.idrs.org/forums/forum/classified-ads-and-non-doublereed-matters/classified-ads-postings-by-idrs-members-only/"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">https://www.idrs.org/forums/forum/classified-ads-and-non-doublereed-matters/classified-ads-postings-by-idrs-members-only/</span></a></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.onthehilldoublereeds.com/">www.onthehilldoublereeds.com</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.millermarketingco.com/previously_owned/index.htm" target="_blank">Miller Marketing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mmimports.com/product-category/bassoon-instruments/used-bassoons/">https://www.mmimports.com/product-category/bassoon-instruments/used-bassoons/</a></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I have purchased three bassoons in my career. Two were purchased via the trial and comparison process. My first was a Fox 222D and, compared to my high school's instrument, it could have been a Heckel! With the exception of my first instrument, it was fairly obvious when I had found the right instrument when comparison testing. This seems to be a consistent statement among bassoonists - when you find the right one, you know it!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I currently play on a Fox 601 paired with Heckel bocals - three that I have progressed through since 2014: CDE, BD1N, VCD0. I have been very satisfied with my set up thus far in my career. But that nagging question haunts me: <b><i>can I capture the ever elusive Heckel sound which is so desired and successful in national orchestral auditions? Or will I just sound like me no matter what I play on?</i></b> Having played a few Heckels this year, a 6000 and the brand new 16000, I suspect that might be my challenge. Granted I played both of those instruments for a combined total of 10 minutes - that's not a trial by any definition.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Much has been said/claimed about the great and mysterious Heckel sound. Check out this enlightening conversation surrounding the question I posted on Bassoonists United. It received great responses from well known players in the U.S. and Europe. Not sure it solved my query but it gave me a lot to contemplate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Genuine question for the bassoon hive mind: who has won a
full-time, salaried orchestral gig playing on a Fox? I'm not interested in bashing
makers - I own a Fox and love it. I also love hearing pros playing on Heckels.
I am genuinely curious about the elusive Fox vs. Heckel sound in an audition
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TopherRaym?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Christopher Raymond</span></b></a> Bill
Buchman - associate principal of the Chicago Symphony - his primary horn
is a 660.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ball.crawford?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 10pt;" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Elizabeth Ball Crawford</span></b></a><span style="background-color: #eff1f3; color: #1d2129; font-size: 10pt;"> That's
what he plays now or has he always played on a Fox?</span></div>
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his current instrument<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> He
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TopherRaym?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Christopher Raymond</span></b></a> Darn!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chad.e.taylor.54?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Chad E Taylor</span></b></a> He’s
not playing Fox all the time anymore either, he just recently bought
something else<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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won playing an 11,000 series Heckel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chad.e.taylor.54?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Chad E Taylor</span></b></a> That
is correct James<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.jordan.56232?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Robert Jordan</span></b></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></a> He did
however make the finals of the LA Phil on a Fox 660.</span></div>
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heard a crazy story that the 2nd bassoon seat for the LA Phil was
won on a renard 240!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bassoon NSO was won ona 201. (He now plays a 9000 series
heckel)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heard about that as well, however I think the Renard was customized differently
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bassoon in LA Phil, Michele Grego, was my teacher in college. She
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Goodman had a 240 that he played onaLA tour. He played a prototype
Yamaha normally, but I’m sure he won the jobon Heckel many years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do not know, but it would be possible, she plays a 240 for her
outdoor concerts at Deer Valley. You could always ask, she has a Facebook
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I won my first<span class="highlightnode">job</span> (1 yr position with
Louisville) when I was 20 <span class="highlightnode">on</span> my 220.
And <span class="highlightnode">a</span> year or two before that I was
runner up for 2nd in Rochester Phil <span class="highlightnode">on</span> that
horn. I play <span class="highlightnode">a</span> late 6000 series
Heckel now though I do in fact play on my 220 for many summer season
outdoor concerts. I sound almost, but not quite, like myself on the 220.<br />
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And Peter Kolkay won the Concert Artists Guild competition on his 601.</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Steve played his 201 when he was principal in Virginia too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know Bob Williams in Detroit played on a Fox - might still do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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does now, but won the job with a Heckel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the day that Bob won the job no one playedaFox though....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but the question is who has actually wonajob playing afox bassoon.
Not who won ajob and then switch to playing afox bassoon
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know Trent, but I think what you are playing at the moment is far less of a factor
then it used to be....aPuchner is being played in Vienna( and the audition was
wonona Puchner), and Foxes being used in Europe....whowould of thunk of
that!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> Yes
but in Europe they're much more flexible with the kind of sound and the way of
playing I think. It's much more common to actually see puchner and fox being
used by lots of players. Even wolf is more popular in Europe than in the United
States. Honestly I have not ever heard of anyone in winning a major job in
the US on anything other than a Heckel bassoon. It's just
the way things are right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> I
think the audition process in Europe is also considerably different than in
America but I could be wrong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jacobs</span></a></span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"> It might
be <span class="highlightnode">a</span> chicken and egg thing. People
think you need <span class="highlightnode">a</span> Heckel to win <span class="highlightnode">a</span> big <span class="highlightnode">job</span>,
so serious bassoonists in the US buy them, and from that group come <span class="highlightnode">a</span> lot of the audition winners. </span><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">I’d think fewer musicians (and
people in general) can afford Heckels in Europe.<br />
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vincent.ellin?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Vincent Ellin</span></b></a> </span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Well I won an audition for Marlboro in 1973 <span class="highlightnode">on</span>an early <span class="highlightnode">Fox</span>.
Sol Schoenbach was very skeptical about it but after my first summer
there....he phoned Alan <span class="highlightnode">Fox</span> and told
him that he was convinced that someone could make great music with
them....although I did later switch to a Heckel for a long time. I was
also the runner-up for 2nd bassoon in the New York Philharmonic in 1971 with a
Fox.....although I admit Lenny Hindell won the position.....What I'm trying to
say is if they like your playing it really doesn't matter what you play.....you
can always change if it is a concern.</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/izabela.karolina.m?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Izabela Musiał</span></b></a> </span><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jason.artz.313?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">Jason
Artz</span></a></span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"> here in
UK people love Heckels, but also orchestras sound differently than in any other
European country. For long time bassoonists used French system bassoons here.
Some bassoonists own more than just one Heckel, and they just hire them out</span>, or take the second one on
tour. Yes, they love Heckels, but one of my teachers (Principal at the Royal
Opera House, Andrea di Flammineis) always says that your sound depends on what
you have in your head, and he sounds absolutely fantastic and he has his own
sound when he takes my Renard 240 (he plays on Heckel, not sure what series
exactly).<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/izabela.karolina.m?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Izabela Musiał</span></b></a> Also,
it’s funny how people sometimes forget that as much as good instrument is
helpful it won’t do the jobuntil you practise! Lots of students have
better instrument than him - or at least that’s what he’s saying, and he always
puts lots of attention to the quality of sound and different colours. For him
it doesn’t matter what instrument you have, as long as it matches the section
etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bob still plays aFox 601.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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changed from a Heckel to a Fox. Frank Marcus said at a distance
there is little difference (I'd say the Foxes play a little lighter
which is not a bad thing) John Miller, Bob Williams, Arlen Fast,
Matheus Racz, Simon van Holen(just his Contra)and Hans Agreda (sp???) all play
Foxes BTW.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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any single one of those people actually win any of their jobs with
their Fox bassoons?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think strong, talented players like those could have won their jobs on
aFox or Heckel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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things have changed.....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fast might of won it withaFox Contra but I'm not sure.....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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main instrument is a Heckel though<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wondered about that.....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to know... I'll be looking to get a better bassoon soon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of players <span class="highlightnode">who</span> have won their <span class="highlightnode">jobs</span> <span class="highlightnode">on</span> Foxes,
Puchners, Bells, etc., and then there are <span class="highlightnode">a</span>number
that started <span class="highlightnode">on</span> <span class="highlightnode">a</span> Heckel and switched to another (the examples
I know switched to <span class="highlightnode">Fox</span>, Bell, or Yamaha),
because they preferred it or because it made their job easier or both.<br />
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It's also common for people who win their jobs on a different horn than the
rest of the section to be eventually persuaded to match for whatever reason.<br />
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Personally, I find the idea of a "Heckel sound" problematic and sort
of just marketing material. I play a Heckel and love my horn, but there are
also things it doesn't do as well as other brands' horns I've tried. There are
aspects of the sound (evenness of scale tone color, timbre in the very low and
high ranges, etc) which I love, but I don't think they're exclusive to the
brand - they're a product of the way the instrument's been put together and the
bocal/reeds/player as much as anything - and my horn's had enough work over its
lifetime to certainly not match the sound fresh out of the factory.<br />
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Heckel is the defacto standard and makes generally fine instruments (this has
not necessarily been true across all the serial number ranges, there has been
significant variation over time), but they by no means have a monopoly on good
tone or the best sound or performance characteristics.</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story on this. I studied briefly with the incredible Chris Millard.
In an early lesson he played my Heckel 12 (which he described as one of the
best instruments he ever played) and I played his favorite Bell. I sounded just
like me on his instrument and he sounded just like him on my
instrument. This underlined to me how the instrument is important but what the
player is doing with it is really what matters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know Mark Ortwein switched to a Yamaha thin wall for this very reason,
previously playing a Moenig thick wall which supposedly didn't match
the section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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could match just fine with the Monnig, but I'm playing a Yamaha 812
(thick wall) but with a thin bell now. It's a great playing
bassoon that really feels and sounds like my old Heckel (10k) but just more in
tune and great keywork.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ted.soluri?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Ted Soluri</span></a> obviously
won Dallas on hisFox. </span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">:)</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joshualuty?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Joshua Luty</span></b></a> Offhand
that's the only person I can think of...I'm sure there are more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ted.soluri?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Ted Soluri</span></b></a> That
is correct. I won Dallas on the 601 I play now and won principal in
Milwaukee on my old 101 which I have since sold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alfredo.cobo.77?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Alfredo Cobo</span></b></a> How
would you describe the differences working in reeds for a 101 and
then, for a 601?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that's RIGHT!!!! There you go!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roger.soren?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Roger Soren</span></a> won his
gig with a Moosmann bassoon and Mollenhauer contra, I know that one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isolde72879?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Leann Currie</span></b></a> Did
the guy(s) who won Bergen Phil (Norway) win on a Fox (I
believe they’ve had two different bassoonists the last yearswho got the
2nd job.)? It’s possible both were playing Fox, since Per plays one.
Anyone know?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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close, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></a>! I
play aFox 660 that I’ve had for almost five years. It’s the same
instrument I won my audition on. I’ve enjoyed playing it in the Bergen Philharmonic
for three seasons </span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">:)</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Norway, the 2nd/contra players in Oslo Phil and Kristiansand both won
their jobson Foxes, and still play them. The former principal of the
Norwegian Radio also always played Fox. People have also got jobsonYamahas,
Moosmanns and Püchners in addition to Heckels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/etrozvik?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Evan Troz</span></b></a> I
think John Miller Jr's played on a fox, but I remember it had gold keys so
I'm sure it was more custom than it was stock. Probably wrong, but it's hard to
get a better endorsement than that if it's true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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own that instrument now. He didn’t win hisjobon it though. He had a heckel
before but he said he liked the fox much better so he switched.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love my Heckel but I'd also consider a Leitzinger next time I'm in
the market<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leitzinger bassoons on display at IDRS 2017 were some of the finest I
have tried of recent manufacture from any brand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> John
won the Minnesota Orchestra jobplaying a Heckel bassoon. He
switch to Fox bassoon later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/richard.murry.37?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Richard Murry</span></b></a> John
Miller was one, if not the primary professional performer, involved with the
development of theFox 601. He has owned several Fox 601s over
his career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/etrozvik?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Evan Troz</span></b></a> I've
sat next to him, and I've touched that bassoon. It was possibly one of the
coolest things I've ever done outside of my wife and child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> Fox made
serial number 40,000 for him. He has had several Fox bassoons over
the years all with black lacquer and gold key work in the same key work
options. They've all been Fox Model 601.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/etrozvik?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Evan Troz</span></b></a> That's
awesome. I remember talking to him about it, but that was over 12 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> I've
played at least two of his old bassoons. I think that fox does do
some voicing a little differently for his instruments than they do
for their standard stock but I can't ever verify such a thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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601 was made for aFox artist to choose from, so I got a discount.
Wonder if it was made for him, and I love it. </span><span face=""segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 12pt;">❤️❤️❤️</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sam Banks and I won our jobs in Indianapolis playing Fox 601's.
I had played a Heckel 10k for over 10 years prior to switching to the
601. After I got the job I wasn't happy with the 601 and switched
to a Yamaha 821 (thin wall) and was much happier playing
principal on the Yamaha. Now I'm playing an 812 (thick wall)
with a thin bell though. Sam now plays a newer Heckel in
Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you be willing to elaborate in more detail why you made those switches?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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601 didn't have the sweetness and focus up high and was just on the
darker/duller side. I wanted alivlier horn that could really sing (get
more of the older Heckel sound).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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won 2 full time gigs and one year’s replacement full time in Israel on my
660.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play on an 8,000 Heckel now, but played for 3 seasons on my
601.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeremiahBroom?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Jeremiah Broom</span></b></a> The
first two teachers I studied with won theirjobs on Fox 601’s
from the early 90’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is circa 1994<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"won" my first bassoon position on a 01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/richard.murry.37?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Richard Murry</span></b></a> fox 601
in 1992. I played on it until I got a FoxModel I with the
Weisberg system in 2010. Switched to a Heckel 4k with the Weisberg
system in 2012. I know it is more a reed and musicianship that makes
the sound work when using a Fox vs Heckel, because Foxes are
Heckel copies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alfredo.cobo.77?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Alfredo Cobo</span></b></a> Could
you go in more details Richard about your switching from a 601
to a model I please?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/richard.murry.37?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Richard Murry</span></b></a> I
began playing the Weisberg System to have the security of playing the second
octave from a to d without flicking. The Fox Model I
instrument already had the system on it. I loved my 601 that I bought
new in 1991 at the IDRS conference in Towson, MD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gott won his position with the Saint Louis Symphony on a Fox.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think he still plays the 201.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two full time orchestral positions on my Polisi bassoon back in the
1960's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-1st Bassoon was a Polisi </span><span face=""segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 12pt;">👍🏼</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hugh.ponnuthurai?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Hugh Ponnuthurai</span></b></a> I
won my first two positions on a Fox101 from the early 1980’s. I went on to
have a Moosmann, Puchner and 2 Heckels! I play ona late
series 9 Heckel now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #90949c; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 9pt;"> · <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204572575/search/?query=who%20a%20job%20on%20a%20fox&epa=SEARCH_BOX"><span style="color: #365899;">Reply</span></a> · <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204572575/permalink/10157146650897576/?comment_id=10157147699012576&reply_comment_id=10157147761607576&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2333%22%7D"><span style="color: #90949c;">51w</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kevin.fuller.391?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Kevin Fuller</span></b></a> Wow, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/markortwein?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Mark</span></a>... That's just too
weird! MY first bassoon was a Polisi!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jim.schaeffer.37?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Jim Schaeffer</span></b></a> As
was mine. #862 and I still have it. Won principal jobs with Va Beach,
Cambridge (UK) and Montgomery orchestras with this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/christoph.wichert?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Christoph Wichert</span></b></a> I
won my job on a 601. a fantastic instrument, that
got me through university and the start of my career. After 18 years on the
instrument I switched though to a Püchner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like the new Püchners too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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made you want to switch to the Puchner?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/christoph.wichert?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Christoph Wichert</span></b></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.hopkins.10?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Jacqui Hopkins</span></a> After
18 years I felt that my instrument lost a bit of strength, yet we
play in a big hall and have a strong playing wood wind section.
And with my Püchner antique finish I found an instrument that has astrong,
flexible, yet very singing voice which I really love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.hopkins.10?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Jacqui Hopkins</span></b></a> Did
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/christoph.wichert?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Christoph Wichert</span></b></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.hopkins.10?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Jacqui Hopkins</span></a> yes,
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Used to be half Fox and half Heckel. They are now all Fox. I
actually like them a bit better when they were mixed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play fox ( cagliari teatro lirico, first bassoon)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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provato strumento(fagotti))di tutte le marche!l Heckel e il migliore in
assoluto suono legato facilita d emissione intonazione eccc....km meglio del
meglio kaaaa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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father owns a 7××× series Heckel, one night took my 601 cold to a performance,
no one knew, and he didn't have any difficulty. Heckels are great. Foxes are
great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my position on an 11K Heckel and played it for 20 years, then
switched to a Fox 601 13 years ago. Both work great for playing
second. Both are thick wall resistant horns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have played heckles, and puchners.....<br />
I have a 1948 Thiboville now, with custom network.......<br />
I have never seen another one like it....<br />
Neither has anyone I have ever shown it to.......<br />
It has a beautiful dark sonorous sound......<br />
I use a # 2 heckle german silver bocal......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.williams.14811?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Robert Williams</span></b></a> </span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is <span class="highlightnode">a</span> very
interesting thread. I have been playing <span class="highlightnode">on a Fox</span> 601</span><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">(definitely not <span class="highlightnode">a</span> 680 or 685!!!!) since 1993. I"m <span class="highlightnode">on</span> my 6th or 7th</span><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">generation 601, #55555 that was
made just before Mike Trentacosti retired<br />
and Barry Trent started redesigning the Fox pro horn line. I have never<br />
regretted my decision to change from the Heckel to the Fox 601 ( not 680 or<br />
685!!!). As far as auditions I did make the finals in the Cleveland<br />
Principal audition on my 601. The first classical concert the Detroit<br />
Symphony played in the 1993 season was the Strauss "Alpine Symphony".
This<br />
starts with a three octave Bb minor scale doubled in the 1st bassoon and<br />
lower strings. The first rehearsal I used my Heckel #11534 and was having<br />
a very hard time matching the pitch of the strings and just getting the<br />
horn to respond cleanly with the descending scale. I had been to the Fox<br />
Factory a week before and played a "Pops" concert on the 601 and
though it<br />
played nicely I thought it was nothing special. There is not really much<br />
exposed bassoon in Pops concerts. I asked Alan Fox if I could keep the<br />
horn for another week, thinking my thoughts would not change but at least I<br />
could play it in a situation where it could be heard. The second time<br />
through the "Alpine" I used the Fox 601 and was frankly amazed at how
much<br />
easier it was to match pitch and how it responded to the slurs going down<br />
the scale. I thought it had a great sound and played the concert on it.<br />
Ted Oien, our Principal Clarinet also commented on how he found it easier<br />
to match pitch and only said good things about the Fox, a very important<br />
thing when you are playing in an orchestra. I sent the horn back to the<br />
factory to have all the extras I had on my Heckel added and have played on<br />
601's (not 680's or 685's!!!) since.</span><span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/trentjacobs?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Trent Jacobs</span></b></a> Bob,
tell us how you feel about the 680 and the 685! LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tried the new ones ( a couple for a whole month each) and felt the acoustics
were weird with the new tone hole placements. In sound tests close up and in
the hall they lost every time to Heckels, Mönnigs and Yamahas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(239, 241, 243); color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ball.crawford?fref=gc&dti=2204572575" target="_self"><b><span style="color: #365899;">Elizabeth Ball Crawford</span></b></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.williams.14811?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Robert Williams</span></a> thank
you for adding your detailed experience!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thanks to Bob and John Miller who both recommended I try the then new Foxes....I
was playing a late model 12,000 Heckel and frankly liked it until I tried to
get more from it....and it wasn't cooperating with me at all....I tried a 601
and it actually responded quickly with reliable attacks, and intonation.....I
sold my Heckel eventually and got a Fox.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was much more comfortable when I played the Joilivet Concerto with the Fox 601,
then I would of ever been on a Heckel (or at least my Heckel)......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your John Williams sounds incredible!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what bassoon is the most comfortable for our particular playing style and
reeds. I’ve been a full time member of 4 ICSOM orchestras and have used Heckels
7, 10, 12k, Fox 601 and 201, and Moos 222ap, 200e and currently 150e. So
many makers are making better bassoons than ever. It’s exciting to await which
brand will make another break through. I played as a guest recently in a
section with 2 Bell bassoons, that were a great match in their hall. I keep
hearing about people loving their Puchners and Leitzingers. Its a good time to
be a bassoonist!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the man Bob!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to mention it's a gorgeous bassoon with gold keys! I'm now a believer in Fox
bassoons because of your model.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much agree with what <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roger.soren?fref=gc&dti=2204572575&hc_location=ufi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899;">Roger Soren</span></a> says.
IMHO the importance of having a certain (whatever brand) instrument is often
being highlighted a little bit too much. I am sure we have all heard some great
player pick up almost any instrument/reed and in ju…<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204572575/search/?query=who%20a%20job%20on%20a%20fox&epa=SEARCH_BOX"><span style="color: #365899; font-size: 9pt;">See More</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Huntsville Symphony 2nd Bsn audition many years ago on a Renard!
Two weeks later I won the 2nd Bsn audition in Florida West Coast Symphony now
called Sarasota Orchestra onthe same Fox Renard. Everyone always
thought I played on aHeckel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is an interesting thread indeed! My 9xxx series Heckel was damaged this past
week so I have been performing onmy backup, a 240. In a week
packed with performances it has exceeded my expectations in color, ease,
projection. It is nice to live in a place with so many awesome
choices to find exactly what works for us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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three principal positions in the UK on Foxes - 201 then 601. Play the
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Swain won the Principal bassoon Houston Grand Opera/2nd bassoon Houston
Ballet on a Fox 601. She has been a finalist at several
recent auditions and is amarvelous mysician.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-85550557589886375962018-06-04T17:20:00.002-07:002018-06-04T18:22:05.652-07:00Audition Thoughts Part 22: Long Road to SuccessI have a job. A<b><i> FOREVER </i></b>job.<br />
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<li>An institution believed in me enough to invite me into their compensation program until I'm 65 or deemed incompetent through formal review. </li>
<li>A department of music vetted me through a 6-month long process and determined that I had what it takes to prepare musicians for successful careers in music.</li>
<li>A group of well-established colleagues felt I would be a good person to work with for the next several decades.</li>
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Those all seem a little strangely worded but that's what it means to be given the opportunity to work in our field as an educator or performer. <b><i> It's a commitment worth a lot of time and money to everyone involved. </i></b></div>
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A few words about my position:<br />
BYU-Idaho doesn't use a typical tenure track system. Their system is called CFS - Continued Faculty Status - which takes three years to complete. It is a teaching - not research - driven process. I'm encouraged/expected to complete my terminal degree and will be given the time to do so. In addition, BYU-Idaho is a university "without rank" which means that we de-emphasize formal titles and opt instead to address each other as Sister and Brother. This is also part of the culture of our faith as Latter-Day Saints. Some faculty adhere to this, others ask to be addressed as Dr/Professor. </div>
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<b><i>My students call me Sister Crawford and when they graduate they call me Elizabeth. </i></b></div>
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I'm still trying to get someone to call me <b><i>Your Highness, Queen of Bassooning.</i></b> But no takers...yet. </div>
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How does it feel?</div>
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To capture the magnitude of securing a salaried position with medical, dental, vision, professional development support and retirement, I need to reflect on the long road that got me here. </div>
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<li>Age 14 started teaching beginner piano to pay for lessons at Hochstein School of Music and later Eastman School of Music community education.</li>
<li>Age 15 started going to music camps and joined an "elite" youth orchestra.</li>
<li>Age 17 attended and graduated high school from Interlochen Arts Academy.</li>
<li>Worked various odd jobs in high school and college: ice cream girl at "Frosty's," camp counselor at Interlochen, janitor, Rite Aid, Boston Market, Resident Assistant in dorms, office assistant in Student Life, U.S. Army - which had it's own long list of non-musical duties</li>
<li>Went on active duty in the U.S. Army as a bandsman</li>
<li>Went off active duty</li>
<li>Stopped playing seriously, sold my bassoon for 3 years to try being a stay-at-home-mom</li>
<li>Went back to school for my masters degree with a graduate assistantship</li>
<li> Free-lanced for 3 years while in grad school and in the Army National Guard and took MANY orchestra auditions</li>
<li>Won a salaried orchestra gig and toured with an educational outreach quintet for 4 years</li>
<li>Won a visiting artist position in higher ed and taught in that position for 2 years </li>
<li>In my second year applied for and secured a permanent, CFS position</li>
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That's a long list and it's missing a lot of details. </div>
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<b><i>This has NOT been a linear process and I'm not where I imagined myself when I was an undergrad at Manhattan School of Music.</i></b></div>
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Have you seen the movie/read the book, "Marley and Me?"</div>
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There's this great scene where Owen Wilson looks at his wife, Jennifer Aniston, and, upon reflecting on where they are in their lives, he asks, "Is this where you imagined us?" </div>
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She responds, <i><b>"Isn't this better than what we imagined?"</b></i></div>
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(That might be a horribly inaccurate quote but that's how I remember it.)</div>
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I am not where I imagined myself! </div>
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I have been given so much more along this journey - much more than I would have given myself had I done only what I planned on.</div>
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I always tell my students, </div>
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In summary, I'm deeply and profoundly happy...and grateful, so grateful to so many mentors/friends/colleagues. </div>
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But those words don't even begin to capture the relief, excitement, realization of hopes, affirmation of hard work, return on investment, security, and continued progress that this "job" represents to me. </div>
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Several people congratulated me with the words, "You deserve this!" I've gotta admit, I don't think I deserve anything. But I do think I have earned this privilege...and will have to keep earning it while never forgetting all the work that got me here.</div>
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You don't set out to have a career. A career happens in all the little, day-to-day decisions you make as you meet the work of being a musician.</div>
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<b><i>Now, get to work!</i></b></div>
Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-54447440505733978112017-12-28T23:07:00.001-08:002017-12-28T23:09:35.185-08:00Audition Thoughts Part 21: Keep moving forward<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's that season again: <b><u>AUDITIONS!</u></b></div>
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I am currently preparing for an audition and have applied for several other positions. When my contract ends July 2018 with BYU-Idaho I will have enjoyed 8 truly spectacular semesters in higher education at two different universities. There is no way for me to adequately summarize how much I have learned as an adjunct (University of Montana) and now full-time faculty member. My current position is Visiting Faculty = 1-year contract, renewable (up to) 2 times. I am in my second year and the position has gone permanent. I am currently in the application process for the new permanent position.<br />
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At this point in describing the current state of my employment to people, they say things like,<br />
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<b>"Oh, I'm sure you'll get it!"</b></div>
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<b>"You're a total shoe-in!"</b></div>
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<b>"Who else would they hire?"</b></div>
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<b>"You've already been working here, they won't choose someone new."</b></div>
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These are all well intended comments but, let's be honest, anyone who has spent a few years in this field knows that<b><i> we are ALL replaceable.</i></b> No matter how awesome you *think* you are in your little niche - bassoon - there is always someone else out there who can do what you do. <b>ALWAYS.</b><br />
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Because I know this very well, I'm not leaving anything to chance. Thus, I find myself back on the market cruising the audition websites (checking these at least once a week), sending out resumes, CV's, cover letters, emails, working the network and hoping for the best.<br />
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<u><b>Here are my go-to places to look for jobs:</b></u></div>
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<a href="https://www.musicalchairs.info/bassoon/jobs" target="_blank">Musical Chairs</a></div>
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<a href="http://mag.numop.us/auditions/for/bassoon" target="_blank">Magnum Opus</a></div>
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<a href="https://auditioncafe.com/find-a-job/bassoon/" target="_blank">Audition C</a>afe</div>
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<a href="https://chroniclevitae.com/job_search/new" target="_blank">Chronicle </a>Vitae - search "bassoon"</div>
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<a href="https://www.idrs.org/dronline/?cat=12" target="_blank">IDRS</a></div>
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This is also a <b><i>GREAT</i></b> opportunity to return to my ongoing series in which I <b><i>document the process</i></b> of preparing, taking, and hopefully winning auditions. (Click on the <a href="https://bassoonwithaview.blogspot.com/search/label/audition" target="_blank">"audition" label in the left side bar</a> to read the entire series.)</div>
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I gave some AWESOME advice in <a href="http://bassoonwithaview.blogspot.com/2017/12/reedmaking-back-to-basics.html" target="_blank">Part 20 </a>of my series - read it!<br />
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Because I really do want this to be an <a href="https://bassoonwithaview.blogspot.com/p/about-bassoon-with-view.html" target="_blank">authentic and educational portrayal of what we do</a> as musicians, the ups and downs of being a professional bassoonist, I will disclose specifically what I am currently working towards.<br />
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Since "winning" my job at BYU-Idaho I have sent in materials for the following<b><i> live auditions</i></b> 2016 - present:<br />
Jacksonville - denied<br />
Las Vegas - denied<br />
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - denied<br />
Lyric Opera of Chicago - going to prelims in January 2018<br />
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I have applied for the following positions in <b><i>higher education</i></b>:<br />
University of Miami - Ohio: Visiting artist, no response, position filled<br />
U Central Florida: Visiting Artist, no response, but I believe it is currently on-going<br />
U of Florida: Tenure Track, submitted and waiting<br />
The Tianjan Juilliard School: submitted and waiting<br />
BYU-Idaho: Tenure track, submitted, first round interview completed<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Here's my dilemma</span><b><i> and a self-assessment of how my resume is probably received:</i></b><br />
I don't have a terminal degree. I have had a career as a performer but not in a top-tier orchestra (military bands, free-lance, chamber music, regional salaried orchestra). I would say I have had a solid career but not wildly impressive. Honestly, <b><i>I'm impressed every day that I get to make a living with my bassoon</i></b> but it's a wide spectrum when it comes to defining success in a very competitive field.<br />
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Applying for jobs in higher education is a gamble because <b><i>applicants without a terminal degree are typically placed behind those who have finished their education. </i></b> However, I am now in my third year teaching in higher education which may be compelling to some committees.<br />
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<b><i>Then there are the orchestra gigs. </i></b><br />
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A salaried orchestra is going to get an excellent turn out for a bassoon audition. Based on my own experience, this can result in a pool of bassoon candidates 50+ strong with or without eliminating applicants based on their resume. The average applicant pool can be divided into three main categories of players:<br />
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<li>out of school and free-lancing</li>
<li>out of school and currently employed as a full time performer/educator</li>
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Having sat on audition committees, <b><i>I am always more interested in hearing musicians who are currently employed to play/teach their instrument full time.</i></b> But, as I shared in Part 20, <b><i>every panel has their own parameters</i></b> - don't take it personally...don't take it personally...don't take it personally...keep repeating...<br />
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In<a href="https://bassoonwithaview.blogspot.com/2014/06/audition-thoughts-part-18.html" target="_blank"> Part 18 I discuss the single greatest challenge</a> to taking auditions while in a full-time position: <b><i>scheduling conflicts.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>It is impossible to attend every audition when you have to maintain the job you are in.</i></b> When the stars align and you <b><i>can</i></b> feasibly attend an audition but then get denied from a live audition, well, that's a tough email to receive. Especially if you know that you are in a limited contract and really need to keep moving forward. <b><i>Don't take it personally, don't take it personally, don't take it personally...</i></b><br />
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I will admit that I took a rejection email personally in the spring of 2016 and sent off a less than friendly email to a PM/audition coordinator. That was the wrong move and I had to humble myself and apologize. We are now social media friends, so I think "we're good" but it was a really dumb thing to do - not professional behavior. <b><i> Don't do it!</i></b><br />
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<b><i>They don't teach you all this in school, my friends! </i></b></div>
Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-57339012257831270792017-12-28T18:28:00.001-08:002017-12-28T18:34:57.015-08:00Reedmaking: Back to Basics<div style="text-align: center;">
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Full disclosure:<i><b> the last time I made reeds from tube cane was c. 1998. </b></i></div>
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<b>*GASP*</b></div>
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Why so long? </div>
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<b><i>Machines! </i></b></div>
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Neither <b><i>Manhattan School of Music</i></b> nor the <b><i>University of Utah</i></b> provided a reed-making room or machines. With copious amounts of moves, job changes, instrument purchases, LIFE, dropping several thousand dollars on a gouger and profiler was not a reality for me. I started using GSP cane full-time in 1999 and never seriously pursued going back to tube cane.<br />
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<b>Until Dr. <a href="http://www.schillingerbassoon.com/" target="_blank">Christin Schillinger.</a></b></div>
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I occasionally peruse EBSCO for the latest bassoon doctoral dissertations, curious to see what academia is producing for our field. I found<b><i> Dr. Schillinger's doctoral dissertation </i></b>about the history of reed-making pedagogy and then learned it had been published as a book.<br />
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<i><b>This book is a PAGE-TURNER! </b></i><br />
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I know, I KNOW! You're thinking, </div>
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<b><i>"It's about the history of teaching reed-making...sounds dry." Well, it's not! </i></b></div>
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Winter semester 2017 if I was talking, it was about this book (please forgive me students and colleagues). If I was reading, it was this book. If I was day-dreaming, it was about bassoonists from hundreds of years ago...and their tools...and probably their fashion, too. </div>
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Seriously, if you are a bassoonist, <b><i>you have to own and read this book. </i></b> It is truly fascinating, well written, and full of detailed historical examples, diagrams, etc. <br />
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I was also fortunate to hear Dr. Schillinger's lecture/presentation at IDRS 2017 about her unique process of cane selection, or perhaps better described as systematic cane discarding. As she explains much better than I, (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-210638154/episode-19-christin-schillinger" target="_blank">listen to her interview on Double Reed Dish</a>) discarding cane at each step of the process is an essential part of a successful reed-making discipline.</div>
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Having not worked with "machines" for almost 20 years,<i><b> it was definitely a re-learning curve for me. F</b></i>urther complicated by machines that have been a bit neglected due to faculty turnover in my position at the university. You are looking at a Fox 1 straight shaper, Rieger folding shaper, a profiler, and an RDG gouger. </div>
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Working from left to right, you can see the *fun* I was having getting everything sorted out. <b><i>My greatest challenge was simply being so many years out of practice with gouging, profiling, and shaping cane myself.</i></b></div>
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I will freely admit that by the end of this particular day pictured above, I was ready to say:<b><i> <a href="http://www.bartoncane.com/" target="_blank">Barton Cane</a> or BUST! </i></b>Damaging so many pieces of cane because of my own incompetence was sobering and reminded me that I was perfectly happy paying someone else to absorb all that loss. </div>
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<b><i>HOWEVER,</i></b> with Dr. Schillinger's wisdom ringing in my reeds and many wonderful finished reeds from my Barton Cane (I am really loving the <a href="http://www.bartoncane.com/shop/kristen-wolfe-jensen-artist-series-pack-of-5" target="_blank">Kristin Wolfe Jensen</a> and <a href="http://www.bartoncane.com/shop/herzberg-shape-hale-profile" target="_blank">Darrel Hale</a> cane which I have reordered and continue to have great success) protecting me against any crises, <b><i>I continued my odyssey!</i></b></div>
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I'm happy to say, once everything got dialed in, the reeds I have been making are actually pretty great! I have one in my box right now that has made me a believer in this whole <b><i>work-from-tube-cane</i></b> adventure. </div>
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Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-70807534824780037042017-04-13T11:35:00.000-07:002017-04-13T11:46:37.930-07:00A Reflection: Jenni Brandon, Going to the Sun: Snapshots from Glacier National ParkPrior to my position at BYU-Idaho, I was given the incredible opportunity to enter academia as the adjunct bassoon professor for the <a href="https://www.umt.edu/music/" target="_blank">University of Montana School of Music.</a> This opportunity was spearheaded by <a href="http://www.umt.edu/music/undergraduate/areas-of-study/Woodwinds/default.php?ID=2978" target="_blank">Dr. Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh</a>, oboe professor and woodwind area chair. Once a week I traversed the Rocky Mountains to teach the bassoonists at UM - approximately 5 hours round-trip just in travel time. It was a long day but it was such a pleasure to work with college students on a weekly basis in addition to rehearsing and performing with the UM School of Music faculty members. <br />
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I will forever be grateful to Dr. Cavanaugh for inviting me to join the faculty and for all the music faculty who warmly welcomed me. I was only there for two semesters - cut short by accepting my position in Idaho - but I learned a lot. Dr. Cavanaugh was a fantastic mentor and watching her navigate the many roles she has in the school of music was an education for me. One project in particular was her commissioning a new work for oboe and bassoon by California based composer, <a href="http://jennibrandon.com/" target="_blank">Jenni Brandon.</a> <br />
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Originally funded by a grant from the University of Montana and then with additional funding from the Great Falls Symphony/Chinook Winds Quintet and other co-commisioners<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Laura Medisky, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Nermis Mieses, Bowling Green State University, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Susan Nelson, Bowling Green State University, Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition Chair), Jenni Brandon composed an evocative </span>piece, an hommage to <span style="font-family: inherit;">the jewel of Montana: Glacier National Park. </span></span><br />
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I have participated in commission projects before as a performer. It's always...interesting. You're never quite sure what you will end up playing - which is both risky and very exciting. You receive music and typically program notes/compositional ideas from the composer. You are then given the great task of taking an idea and making it a reality, breathing life into something which has not yet been heard, creating the sound which will often set the precedent for how the piece is played in perpetuity. <br />
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Being a part of this creative process within a larger ensemble means that, mostly, your job is to show up, play the right notes, find the musical lines and help determine if/when they are errors in the parts. Several editions of the parts may go back and forth between the composer and the performers. Recordings of rehearsals can sometimes aid in this process depending on how "finished" the composer feels the work is. <br />
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My first involvement in a commission was in 1997. Frank Tichelli's wondrous piece for wind ensemble, <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://youtu.be/kpykCt20Bxw" target="_blank">Blue Shades.</a> </i>It has become standard rep for all the best wind ensembles but, for me, it will remain in my heart as a piece newly created and realized by several ensemble around the country. Including the <a href="http://academy.interlochen.org/content/academy-music-ensembles" target="_blank">Interlochen Arts Academy Wind Ensemble</a>, where I was playing my senior year of high school.<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i> <br />
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After that, commission projects seem to come more quickly especially during my time as an undergrad at <a href="http://www.msmnyc.edu/" target="_blank">Manhattan School of Music</a>. MSM, a proponent of new music in general, seemed to always have new works premiering within the many different ensembles. Two in particular stick out in my memory: Scott Eyerly's opera, <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Seven-Gables-Manhattan-Theatre/dp/B000QZWKXO" target="_blank">The House of Seven Gables</a>, </b>which we recorded with Albany Records. The second was a piece by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Dlugoszewski" target="_blank">Lucia Dlugoszewski</a> who passed away soon after we premiered her piece for two chamber orchestras in different meters. Sadly, the name of the composition escapes me and very little about her work can be found on the Great InterWeb. <br />
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Both of the experiences stick out in my mind because they were so wildly different from each other. Eyerly's opera was tonal, dark, accessible, with a story line well known by listeners. We spent many hours in rehearsal with the composer who actively made changes. The performances were well publicized and the recording project an obvious priority for the composer and the school. I was playing the second bassoon/contra part which required many fast changes between the instruments. In one rehearsal with the composer, my haste to grab the contra resulted in my bassoon falling out of the stand, sliding across the rehearsal room floor and separating into its many joints. There were some unpleasant words that issued forth from my mouth, a panicked retrieval of all the splayed parts, a few tears, and then a strong and awkward exchange with the composer about adequate rests for instrument changes. <br />
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In stark contrast, Dlugoszewki's peice was tackled by the New Music Ensemble under the unrelenting precision of <a href="http://www.msmnyc.edu/FacultyBio/fid/1008172956" target="_blank">Claire Heldrich</a> - percussionist and master of all mind-boggling contemporary rhythms. I recall the great challenge we faced and, honestly, never conquered in preparing and performing the piece. Lucia joined us for one rehearsal wherein I would describe her response to us as...disappointed. I don't remember the performance going particularly well and likely skulked off stage myself feeling completed incapable of managing the task at hand. <br />
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Both experiences had an element of unpleasantness attached to them. When Dr. Cavanaugh told me of her desire to commission a new work, I was apprehensive. <br />
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Fortunately, Jenni Brandon is an absolutely lovely human being, a beautiful musician, as well as a gifted and collaborative composer. We presented the piece for premier at the <b><i>2016 International Double Reed Society Conference </i></b>in Columbus, GA along with Brandon's <b><i>The Sequoia Trio</i></b> for oboe, clarinet, bassoon. I think we (all musicians) put quite a bit of pressure on ourselves when premiering new pieces (especially at our respective conferences) in front of respected colleagues and composers. Unfortunately, I think the pressure of the premier clouded my personal interaction with the piece - more worried about the product and its reception by our peers than Jenni's musical intention.<br />
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At the end of this semester my oboe colleague at BYU-I, Kristen Bull and I decided to have a double reed studio recital. To round out the recital I asked if we could perform <i><b>Going to the Sun... </b></i>for our students. We rehearsed the piece four times and I was amazed at how easily it came together. How all the sections made sense and, with Kristen's wonderful musical intuition, I felt like we were able to execute the segues organically. Totally void of concern for the performance in front of our students, I found myself joyfully practicing my part, listening to our rehearsal recordings, humming the themes and thinking of my four years in Montana. <br />
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<i><b>Suddenly, the piece became an entirely new, beautiful, celebration and reminiscence of a magical time and place in my life. </b></i><br />
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I created a video of all my favorite pictures from our family trips to Glacier National Park to play along with our performance. As I chose pictures and continued listening to our rehearsal recordings, I was overwhelmed with the beauty masterfully depicted by Jenni. I fondly remembered my weekly drives over the majesty of the mountains, my time at the university and all the many lessons I learned and memories I now cherish. <br />
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After Kristen and I performed it, I knew I had to put together my images with the live recording from our double reed studio recital - not perfect, of course - to truly capture what I believe was Jenni Brandon's true intention for the work. The end result is below and I am unabashedly in love with it! I have watched this video numerous times and with each viewing, I'm amazed at the truly incredible creation of music I was permitted to take part in. <br />
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<i>"Imagine you have curled up in front of a fire on a cold and dreary day with a book you know you love. The book itself has that unmistakable musk found in used bookstores - old leather and brittle pages. You curl up with this book, in front of the fire, under a blanket, on a day when you have absolutely nothing else you need to do - in fact all that you needed to do, has been done. You have nothing but this wonderful book and the luxury of the day. This is the sound of the bassoon section of the Berlin Philharmonic: warm, dark, luxury."</i></div>
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Marion Reinhard joined the BPO Wind Quintet in 2009 after the retirement of her BPO colleague Henning Trog. It's important to note that Marion was the first female to ever received appointment to the Berlin Philharmonic bassoon section. She achieved this in 1999. You can read more about this in the NYTimes article <i><a href="https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/berlin-in-lights-the-woman-question/?_r=0" target="_blank"><b>Berlin in Lights: The Woman Question.</b></a> </i>Lesser known fact about Marion that we discovered this weekend was that she now plays with the Opera Orchestra in Milan <i><b>La Scala</b></i>. On <a href="http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/la-scala/theatre/orchestra/members.html" target="_blank">their roster </a>it states she is the contrabassoonist. She shared that after 13 years of playing with Berlin, she made the decision to move to Milan, where her boyfriend is from. I believe that's what we call <b><i>amore! </i></b>Marion also shared that she <b><i>began</i></b> playing the bassoon at the age of 16 after many years of violin study.</div>
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This weekend my flute colleague, Dr. Nadine Luke and I took BYU-I students to Provo to hear the BPO Wind Quintet and sit in on masterclasses with its members. <b><i> </i></b>They performed a similar program to what I heard in 2010: Anton Reicha, Quintet, op. 88, no. 5; Pavel Haas, Quintet, op. 10;
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<strong>Reicha</strong>: Andante arioso for English Horn and wind quartet<br />
<strong>Hindemith</strong>: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2<br />
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<i><b>It was simply wonderful! </b></i>It made me love the Hindemith, a quintet I haven't much been interested in, and confirmed why the Nielsen is part of our standard canon. It's impossible to count how many times I have listened to and played the Nielsen. Yet, in the hands of the BPO Wind Quintet, the piece is as fresh and exciting as ever! </div>
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Attending the masterclass with Marion rendered me absolutely star struck and I didn't ask everything I wanted to about her life, career, sound and reed-making. I'm so grateful for Dr. Smith who, with many years of hosting incredible musicians under his belt, finds it very easy to ask questions and engage in light conversation within the parameters of the masterclass setting. </div>
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I took away so much from her wisdom as she listened, played, and interacted with the student bassoonists. Much I will keep for myself in my notebook but some I wanted to share here for others to enjoy. I won't get into the repertoire specific feedback she gave but instead share some of her more precious sound bites.</div>
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Anyone who has seen Marion perform has likely observed that she sits with a harness. She shared that it is actually a guitar strap to which she has added an O-ring and hook and wears on the right shoulder instead of the left. As a student she always stood in her lessons and, to this day, feels that playing with a harness is the most freeing posture for her. </div>
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I still need to make it a #lifegoal to sit down and chat with Marion about her career and dissect her reeds. However, seeing her perform again and listening to her up close in the masterclass was absolutely inspiring. After the masterclass I found myself smiling really wide and thanking her when in reality I wanted to hug her - which I learned from our German exchange student is not acceptable (Americans...).</div>
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<br />Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-12047787025942557092016-12-07T12:50:00.000-08:002016-12-07T12:50:18.697-08:00Sister Crawford's First SemesterHere it is, one week left in the semester, and I have not updated my professional blog even once in the past 4 months. <br />
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Last week was social media week in my Music Technology course and I heard myself saying things like...<br />
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<b>If you have social media, you have to use it.</b></div>
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<b>Consistent posting keeps your followers engaged.</b></div>
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...do what I say, <i>not what I do. </i>(The worst teaching strategy...ever.)<i> </i></div>
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<b>This has been an absolutely wonderful semester!</b> I have truly enjoyed every aspect of it: working with students, lesson planning, course design, writing tests, one-on-one consultations, faculty quintet, the bassoon studio, weekly masterclasses, guest artists, student performances. It has been so much fun and an <b>incredible learning experience. </b></div>
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My Music Tech course student have to make <b>a Vlog for their final project</b>. I decided to make one for them to gain the best sense of what I expect of them. It's a snapshot of this semester and I think it captures all the many experiences I have had here in the BYU-I department of music. </div>
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I doubt that a written summary can do better than that but I do want to collect some thoughts I was having as I walked back from the Faculty Women's Holiday Luncheon. <b>Little nuggets of wisdom </b>that I anticipate I will use many, many more times during my time here in academia.</div>
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<li>You can do hard things.</li>
<li>Anything worth doing, is worth doing well.</li>
<li>Undergraduate music theory is useful. </li>
<li>Doing things well requires work.</li>
<li>Yes, you will have to work...for the rest of your life. </li>
<li>The ability to practice is far more powerful than talent.</li>
<li>Procrastination is a student's greatest barrier to success - not a lack of intelligence.</li>
<li>Excuses are not reasons.</li>
<li>Being present is different from attending. Both are required.</li>
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<b>I think the students here at BYU-I are profoundly fortunate.</b> They are truly receiving a world class education for pennies on the dollar. I wish I had been as savvy when I was 18/19/20/21 . <br />
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<br />Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-26189407772487754862016-06-14T11:37:00.003-07:002023-10-18T10:34:22.314-07:00Bassoon in MediaOhhhh bassoon! Despite all the low brass jokes, percussion harassment, and perplexed looks from flute players, the commercial value of bassoon has been BLOWIN' UP! <br />
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Have you seen these?<div><br /></div><div>Follow this FB link to a hilarious Hulu commercial:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hulu/videos/1482704455455940"> https://www.facebook.com/hulu/videos/1482704455455940</a><br />
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A young bassoonist and her poor mom trying to earn that last, sweet, ooey-gooey roll:<div style="padding-bottom: 40px; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; width: 100%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.ispot.tv/share/72W0" style="bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%;"></iframe></div>
<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't even know WHAT IS HAPPENING in this one but I want to buy a VW:<br />
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"You don't have to be a talented bassoonist..." bassoonist = genius<br />
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Somewhere there is an arthritis commercial featuring a bassoonist. I will have to find it and post later.<br />
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Now there is this whole indie, singer-songwriter trend happening. And of course bassoon is the go-to instrument when trying to break into that market.<br />
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And how can we possibly forget all the amazing media around Rainn Wilson "The Bassoon King". <br />
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<br />A short film about creative joy (through reed making):</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mqp4ai77qH8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>A hilarious video about getting THE DATE as a bassoonist:</div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjRvFLyDVl4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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What am I missing here? Have you found your own? Share the link so I can get them all compiled into the most amazing list of commercial-bassoon-awesomeness!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This summer, in addition to moving to a new city and preparing to start a whole new adventure in academia, I have discovered myself in a most exciting project: The Ken Moses project. (Title in progress.) This undertaking is a<a href="http://bassoonwithaview.blogspot.com/p/the-ken-moses-project-educator.html" target="_blank"> new tab on my blog</a> and a whole new chapter in my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ken Moses was my very first bassoon teacher - and <i><b>what a whopper</b></i> of a teacher! I think I knew, to a small degree, that I was fortunate to have been able to study with him in the <a href="http://www.esm.rochester.edu/community/" target="_blank">Eastman School of Music community division.</a> But in the past 22 years, I have come to realize how unbelievably fortunate I was to have begun my training under a masterful performer and educator. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ken and I have been exploring his journey as an artist both, as an aid to me in preparing for my new position, but also in a deeply indulgent dream I have had, for more than two decades, to know more about him. He has existed as a veritable <i><b>man of mystery</b></i> in my life and I'm truly overwhelmed that he has thrown open the lines of communication with me to allow me to ask him questions and hear his story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the process of interviewing and transcribing our on-going conversation, I wanted to share some beautiful words he gifted me this past week<b>.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are the values he lives by and hold's himself accountable to and you</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> can learn more about them at <a href="http://www.courageworks.com/">http://www.courageworks.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I LOVE about these values is that they are obviously applicable to any person but especially to a performer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Be vulnerable:</b> to your audience! To yourself! Allow the moment to be a manifestation of your work without judgement of your human errors.</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Be brave:</b> take on the projects that seem impossible. Chose the repertoire you *think* you can't play. Ask for the help you need. Share your process/fears/triumphs with those who chose to listen. Be brave enough to take risks.</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Choose Courage:</b> to take an audition, to apply for a job, to go back to school, to ask for feedback. Choose courage rather than fear. </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ken's story, as an artist, educator, performer, and person is a gift. I'm enjoying the process of learning and following the path he is sending me down: discovering new music, finding old recordings, imagining exotic concerts and wild collaborations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 22.08px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being an artist is a life lived with vulnerability, bravery, and courage.</span>Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-75001757704110997912016-05-23T10:06:00.000-07:002016-05-23T10:33:07.542-07:00Audition Thoughts Part 20: From the Other Side of the Screen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What more can I say? What more needs to be said?<br />
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Well, quite a bit because we all need a little support and affirmation in this career. As you can see in the pic above, mostly, we receive a lot of rejection.<br />
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This is your safe place, my friends. I don't care how many auditions you have taken and lost. <b><i> Let me </i></b>be the one to say that I am proud of you for going and trying. <br />
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The skill of auditioning gets easier with each audition. Invariably, as you improve, so will your audition experience. Unfortunately, the mental, emotional, financial aspects seem only to get harder. You start to notice that candidates get younger and younger. You feel greater and greater risks from those affected by your audition success (or failure) whether it is family or colleagues. You question yourself more and more. <b>I think the ones who have the best outcome are those with a great support system, thick skin, and no better offers or an alluring Plan B. </b><br />
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<b><i>I was not part of the selection committee</i></b>/panel for the principal bassoon and oboe auditions for GFSA/CW. However, I did play in the final round oboe audition and observed the final round bassoon audition. Being a part of the audition panel with the GFSA and the Billings Symphony for the past four years has allowed me to <a href="http://steesbassoon.blogspot.com/2012/02/orchestral-audition-perspective.html" target="_blank">reflect and gain a whole new perspective</a>. <br />
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Here are a few of my thoughts from the<i><b> other side of the screen</b></i>:<br />
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<li><b>Know the job you are auditioning for.</b> If it's a <a href="http://trombone.org/articles/library/viewarticles.asp?ArtID=265" target="_blank">military band</a>, you better nail the band excerpts not just the orchestral excerpts. If it's a second bassoon job, <a href="http://steesbassoon.blogspot.com/2012/10/2nd-bassoon-audition-20.html" target="_blank">you have to be great at playing second,</a> not just a work-hungry principal. If it has a large chamber music component, make sure you are totally prepared to sit down and make<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826428/" target="_blank"> music with a few other musicians</a> and no conductor.</li>
<li><b>Present yourself!</b> Take a public speaking course. If your degree doesn't require it, require it of yourself. Join toastmasters, put yourself in front of people, get away from your practice room, <b>BE DYNAMIC!</b> New professionals, seasoned professionals, <b><u><i>ALL MUSICIANS have to be able to communicate away from their instruments.</i></u></b></li>
<li> <b>The audition isn't just what happens in front of a screen.</b> Interacting with managers, administrators, community members - they are all watching, listening and talking. <b><i>Will an off-hand remark cost you an audition? Not likely! </i></b> But your entrance into an organization can be smooth...or not. Make it smooth. </li>
<li><b>Don't audition/apply for a job you don't want. </b>I have thought about this for a few years sitting on the other side of the screen and discovering, in subsequent rounds, that we were wasting our time listening to people who didn't want/couldn't take the job. I am fully aware that all musicians take auditions without a full knowledge of what the job/pay/benefits may be. What I find frustrating is going into a final round and discovering that a candidate has no way of accepting the position. In my opinion, if you keep advancing through rounds and you know you can't/don't want the position, <b>BACK OUT BEFORE THE FINAL ROUND! </b>Give that opportunity to a musician who wants to be there and don't waste the time of the panel. </li>
<li><b>The panel WANTS you to be good, they WANT/NEED to hire a great musician! </b>I have heard this many times as an auditionee and was skeptical <a href="http://steesbassoon.blogspot.com/2012/01/second-bassoon-audition.html" target="_blank">because there are many auditions where no one is chosen or several are given trials.</a> For those actively on the audition circuit, this is very frustrating! With more experience on the other side of the screen, I now have much greater appreciation for why this happens. It's hard to listen to a lot of "good" musicians. With each candidate you hope *this is the one!* Musicians want to work with other great musicians. We want the whole package: great player, great person. We also want someone who is going to be around long enough to build something with. There is a lot at risk in selecting someone after hearing them for only a few minutes. <b>Don't overthink your deficiencies/mistakes.</b> If you don't advance, or if you do advance but don't win, <b>don't make it personal.</b> There is so much more happening there than you realize. </li>
<li><b>Move on! </b>Having taken 18 auditions and having been part of hiring musicians, I am more aware than ever that auditions are still pretty random. Yes, you have to be a great player, have a great day, be a great person...and also hope the stars are aligned, the moon is full, the karma is good, and the energy is positive. The more competitive a position, the more it comes down to minutiae that you, as the auditionee, cannot even be aware of and have no control over. We all have taken an audition that felt like a make-or-break experience. Maybe an audition that you simply wanted more than all the rest. <b>BUT MOVE ON!</b> If it's not for you, <i><b>have faith! </b></i> I firmly believe that there is a purpose in all things. Every audition is one audition closer to where you should be. <b><i>Don't give the audition power over you and your career. </i></b> <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/06/boston-symphony-orchestra-audition/" target="_blank">Don't let a single audition make you or break you.</a> The best thing you can do as a musician whose employment depends on the success of an audition is: <b><i>take many auditions, learn as much as you can, <a href="http://www.shortbassoon.com/blog/2015/11/19/i-just-kept-doing-the-work" target="_blank">keep doing the work</a>, and keep moving forward. </i></b></li>
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<b><i>Congratulations to all the oboists and bassoonists who came out to audition for the Great Falls Symphony and the Chinook Winds Quintet. Best wishes to each of you as you forge a path in this crazy career of ours!</i></b></div>
Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-42698228930282962062016-05-18T23:36:00.001-07:002016-05-20T11:34:22.329-07:00Audition Thoughts Part 19: You Can Call me Sister Crawford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Mom always said,<b> "Let's clean up one mess before we start another." </b> To be clear, this almost always referred to baking projects in the kitchen and <b>my career is not a series of messes.</b><br />
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However, I feel like I can apply the same wisdom here: <b>let's finish one season before we start another. </b> I am still a little in shock that this is my last actual week of work with the Chinook Winds Quintet. Part of this week I will participate in the audition process to replace both myself and our Principal oboe position. <br />
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Over the next several weeks my little family will be relocating to Rexburg, Idaho so I can assume duties as <b>full-time, bassoon faculty for the BYU-Idaho music department.</b> Just to be clear, at BYU-I I won't be referred to as Professor Crawford. Instead, you can just call me Sister Crawford. I will also be starting every class I teach with a prayer!<br />
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<b>But let me back track a bit and share the story of how I won my first, full-time, university position... </b></div>
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Last August our principal second violinist in the Cascade Quartet forwarded me an email from her bassoon colleague with the announcement that BYU-I was launching a national search for a new full-time, tenure-track, bassoon instructor. Having applied for this position two years prior when they were looking to fill 1 of 3 different positions, <b>I was a little skeptical about applying</b> a second time. I reached out to a colleague of mine on faculty at BYU-I and inquired about my deficiencies as a previous applicant. He gave me the strong "thumbs up" to apply again. Thusly, I submitted all my materials...again...<br />
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...except this time, I opened it up for revisions and edits by the three smartest women I know: my mom and my two sisters. Clearly, that was the right decision. By the time I submitted my CV, cover letter, resume, and other documents, I was feeling pretty confident about how I presented myself. Well, at least fairly confident considering I have minimal experience in a college classroom, do not have my terminal degree, and had been appointed adjunct faculty at U of Montana only about 6 weeks prior. <br />
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<i><b>Nothing ventured, nothing gained! </b></i></div>
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I proceeded from the "resume round" to a Skype interview. The search committee asked about my teaching philosophy, my ability to collaborate, and my teaching experience. What I found myself talking about was homeschooling and the many different things I have found myself teaching - without prior experience or professional qualifications. When I first applied for this position, I was just beginning my second season with the GFSA and not yet homeschooling. Mentally and professionally, I really wasn't in the proper place to take seriously the process of presenting myself to academia. Two years later, a little wiser and a lot more experienced, I am pleased to recount that I was able to articulate very easily my teaching philosophy and my approach to teaching in areas that may be out of my immediate comfort zone.<br />
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In November, the week of Thanksgiving, I received an automated email from Human Resources informing me that <b>the position has been rescinded</b> by the University -<b> uuuuugggghhhhhh!!!! </b> Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
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After lots of emailing and status changes, the position re-emerged from whatever place such things are decided but no longer as a tenure track position. It's called a full-time, visiting artist position with a renewable, 1-year contract, up to 3 years.<br />
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I was invited (1 of 3 candidates) for an on-campus interview. Oddly, in that sentence, it sounds like 1 interview. In reality, the on-campus portion included:<br />
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<li>1 theory class instruction</li>
<li>2 private lessons instruction</li>
<li>1 faculty chamber music rehearsal</li>
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It took 2 days, in the middle of January, in Rexburg ID - <b>which is WILDLY more cold than Montana.</b> There were aspects that I felt really confident about: private lesson instruction, faculty chamber music rehearsal, 2 of the 4 interviews. There were aspects that were not awesome. <br />
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What I did not expect was how much I learned in the process (about the school, the position, and what I had to offer) and how much I had to ponder upon leaving. <br />
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<b>It was such a whirlwind experience!</b> The Chinook Winds had our 11th & Grant premier party late in the evening. My husband and I left after that, drove 5 hours in snow and cold, got in to the hotel around 2 am, spent 2 days interviewing, drove back to Montana, subbed in with the Helena Symphony for 2 days, saw myself on TV in a hotel room, and then back home to GTF and off on a tour. <br />
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<u><i><b>I then spent the next 2 months talking myself into and out of the job on a daily basis.</b></i> </u></div>
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<li>If I get, will I take it? </li>
<li>Well, I won't get it. </li>
<li>But maybe I will get it! </li>
<li>Then of course I totally want it. </li>
<li>But what if I am horrible at it? </li>
<li>I shouldn't take it, I have so much going on in Montana. </li>
<li>I have too much going on in Montana. </li>
<li>I HAVE to get off the road as a musician. </li>
<li>If I get the job, I have to take it - for our family, for my sanity. </li>
<li>Maybe I should just go back to school and get my DMA? </li>
<li>Maybe if I get the job, and I'm good at it, and I like it, then I will go back to school and get my DMA. </li>
<li>I should definitely take the job. </li>
<li>But we will have to move again in 1 or 2 or 3 years! </li>
<li>Morgan graduates in 5 years, that's 2 more moves. </li>
<li>But what an opportunity! </li>
<li>To teach on a university level. </li>
<li>To work with students who are choosing to be there. </li>
<li>To work with faculty who are passionate about education. </li>
<li>To shape the next generation of educators and audience members. </li>
<li>To mentor students at such a crucial time in their lives. </li>
<li><b>I hope the job is offered to me. </b></li>
<li><b>I will never get this job!</b></li>
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<b>You know, the usual mind games of self-doubt, inadequacy, and fear that plague every hilly trained professional - especially musicians. </b></div>
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In March, I was informed that I had progressed to the final step but it would take several more weeks to hear anything official. <b> </b><br />
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<b>In case you have lost track, this is now<span style="color: blue;"> 7 months</span> into the process. </b></div>
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<b> Orchestral audition: walk in, play, get kicked off stage = 7 min. </b></div>
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Then things got REALLY intense because the time frame for hearing about the BYU-I position did NOT line up with the GFSA contract timeline. THE STRESS!! I'm certain I gained 10 lbs from mid-March to mid-April! <br />
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Thankfully, our executive director gave me a great opportunity to delay signing my contract but advertise my position as vacant with the option to cancel if I wasn't offered the position. It was <span style="color: blue;"><b>SUPER AWKWARD to see my position posted everywhere</b></span> while not knowing if I was going to stay or go...and not telling anyone except for those who absolutely NEEDED to know. I definitely got some interesting emails from inquiring minds. <br />
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The last few weeks of waiting were excruciating! Not only did I have the GFSA and my colleagues in the Chinook Winds waiting but also the Billings Symphony and University of Montana. I started to realize how many people depended on me but<b> also how over committed I was and how much I really wanted (needed) this position.</b> <br />
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LOOONNNGGG story short:<b> I got the job! Obviously! </b> </div>
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It was a very long process but I needed that time to work out the BIG PICTURE in my head. I have gained a whole new<b> appreciation for my colleagues who have/are applying for multiple academic positions and how demanding that process is. </b><br />
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Suffice it to say, I am very excited for this whole new world I am entering! <b>I know, I have a LOT to learn but I'm really eager to learn and develop so many new skills.</b> I think it will be a phenomenal opportunity to see if this is the direction I want to go in my career. I think the school is incredible and undergoing a major transformation in educational innovation. I'm excited to be part of that process and to mentor students as they gain relevant education for their careers and lives.<br />
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I know my family was meant to be in Montana these 4 years - and <b>I'm so emotional to be leaving</b> - but I also know that this is definitely the right and next step for us.<br />
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<b>The WILD WEST adventure for this Bassoonist continues on...</b></div>
Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-46818047124244314212016-02-11T10:16:00.001-08:002016-02-11T12:57:53.190-08:00When We Are Too Afraid/Tired/Frustrated to Share<br />
One of my main goals with this blog is to increase the amount of positive content there is on the information super highway regarding <b>musicians and what we do</b>. At the same time, I want to share the reality of what it's like to be a musician specific to me -<b> a women, a mom, a bassoonist, living and performing in a very unlikely locale. </b><br />
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Here follows a conversation that I bump up against a lot.<br />
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<b><u>BACKGROUND:</u> (Read this if you want to know what traveling musicians do.)</b><br />
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Last week was my <b>monthly residency with the Billings Symphony</b>. Every month of the concert season (September - April) I spend 6 days (Tuesday - Sunday) fulfilling my duties as principal bassoonist of this wonderful orchestra! My compensation includes a per service fee, mileage, daily per Diem and housing. <br />
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It's tricky because I'm already on the road a lot with the Chinook Winds. Being a homeschool mom means that when I'm not around I either have to find someone to fill my shoes at home, embrace several days with limited homeschooling for our 13 yo son, or <b><i>bring him on the road with me.</i></b> As he gets older and more independent, this becomes easier but, in general, when you are a Domestic Goddess, it's hard to be gone with such consistency.<br />
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Last week was a great example of why I dread and look forward to these weeks. <b><i>We played Scheherazade...'nuff said. OBVIOUSLY I wanted in on that! </i></b>However, I was out of town the entire week prior in addition to the much anticipated PBS premier event. I spent <b><i>36 hours home, in between trips doing laundry, unpacking, repacking, finishing reeds, prepping teaching materials for private students and university students,</i></b> and then my son and I hit the road to Billings. We had great intentions to catch up on a ton of math and finish up reviewing for 2 big finals he has in science and history. <br />
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The reality is that the previous week was <u><b><span style="color: red;">*SUPER STRESSFUL* </span></b></u>and exhausting with the PBS event, a 2-day university interview out-of-state (+travel time), and then filling in for Helena Symphony which kept me away from home 3 more days. I arrived in Billings, immediately taught a lesson, went to rehearsal, went to bed, woke at 4:30 am, <b>drove 5 hours to Missoula for my university teaching, 5 hours back, played another rehearsal that SAME DAY,</b> and then had the remainder of the week: more rehearsals, 2 more private lessons, 2 performances. </div>
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All of which I am truly grateful for because I'm doing what I chose to do - be a musician. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>I WAS EXHAUSTED!!!</i></b></span></div>
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When I wasn't in rehearsal, driving, or teaching, I SHOULD have been homeschooling. In reality, I slept...like, walk through the door, put down bassoon, crawl into bed, pass out.<br />
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Oh, and I took my son to the YMCA to stretch his limbs in the pool the day after he spent 10 hours in the car with me to cross the state for my university duties. <br />
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<b><u>HERE IS WHERE THE STORY REALLY BEGINS:</u> (Read this if you want to know what every musician dreads sometimes.)</b><br />
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Feeling too lazy and unbelievably drowsy, I opted to sit on the sidelines and catch up on reading ("Freak the Mighty" for my son's literature course). <b>It took every ounce of energy I had to not lay down on the bench and just sleep.</b> But that would have been tacky and clearly irresponsible, so I kept it together. With only one person in the pool (<b>#homeschoolers</b>) in the middle of the day, the lifeguard sat down next to me and struck up a conversation.<br />
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Let me be clear, <i><b>he was a SUPER nice guy</b></i>! He had nothing better to do and I have no qualms chatting with strangers. But I KNEW there were going to be a series of questions because, let's be honest, we were OBVIOUSLY out of place.<br />
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<b>Skipping school today?</b><br />
No, we're homeschoolers.<br />
<b>Cool! </b><br />
<i>LITANY OF HOMESCHOOL QUESTIONS (no we don't beat our son with the bible and keep him locked in his room)</i><br />
<b>Do you come here often?</b><br />
No, we are from Great Falls.<br />
<b>Visiting family?</b><br />
No, playing with the symphony.<br />
<b>Cool! What do you play?</b><br />
The Bassoon<br />
<i>Confused look, lots of miming back and forth, adjectives that are not accurate.</i><br />
<i>He arrives at the baffling conclusion so many before him have come to.</i><br />
<b>"Oh, it's like the bass clarinet!"</b><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>#nailedit</b></span><br />
<b>"I think it's cool we have a symphony...like...it's important...and, like, aren't they taking all that stuff out of schools now?"</b><br />
Great question! <i><span style="color: red;">I'm so tired I want to cry</span></i> but I am going to have this conversation because <i><b>at the core of my being</b></i> I know I have to share with you - <b><i>with everyone</i></b> - how important these community based organizations are and how crucial arts education is. <br />
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Like I said, he was a very nice guy. I invited him to come to the performances, he couldn't, but maybe someday he will. I got to talk about how important arts education is, how music is a lifelong skill, etc etc etc. I know this is important...nay...<b><i>crucial </i></b>for my entire profession.<br />
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<li>because I have been on the road for 2 weeks and I'm so tired I want to cry, because it hurts to think, I feel guilty as a mom and wife, and <b>I simply doubt my ability to be articulate.</b></li>
<li>because I hate explaining what a bassoon is which is why I often pull out my phone and show a picture.</li>
<li>because as incredible as my work is, it is also a job. Like working for the sanitation company or Burger King, it's my vocation. There are days when I don't like my job. Yup,. that's the truth. <b>I do this AMAZING THING and I am SO FORTUNATE, and some days, just like every other person in humanity, some days, I just don't want to go to work.</b></li>
<li>because I know that no matter how many times I have this conversation,<b> I will still need to keep having it.</b> I worry that I'm the only one having it. I wonder if every musician is as committed to educating the public as I am. Are we all doing our part? When you, fellow musician, are on the third plane ride this week and want to sleep but your row companion sees that strangely shaped case, are you giving them the time, despite your exhaustion, to <i><b>have the conversation?</b></i></li>
<li>because I'm still refining my delivery. <b><i>As a trained performer, I'm still working out this particular performance.</i></b> Why? Because of all the amazing, expensive training I have had, no one ever teaches you to talk like this, to talk <b><i>about </i></b>this -<i><b> but they should!</b></i></li>
<li>because I'm afraid that one day, even though it has never happened, someone will laugh and say, <b>"<i>What a waste! Everything you do, what you believe in, what you fight for; it's a total waste of people's time and money."</i></b></li>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The fact that this has never happened is a good sign. It shows me that we must all be doing something right, something positive, because everyone always agrees. </i>No matter how afraid, tired or frustrated I am, people always smile and say the nicest things and they always agree that what I/we do is important.</div>
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So, even when I dread it, I will keep having this conversation as many times as I need to.</div>
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<br />Elizabeth Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15638245827518919446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791155429131415845.post-27774808557622825172016-02-01T14:21:00.001-08:002016-02-01T14:30:30.742-08:00Légère Synthetic Bassoon Reed - a new review<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am so excited to see that my posts on the <a href="http://www.legere.com/bassoon-reeds">Légère bassoon reed</a> are getting thousands of hits!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not because I'm a bassoon narcissist (can such a thing even exist?) but because<i><b> I believe deeply in these reeds. </b></i> I will share more about why I am promoting these reeds with such vigor but I want to immediately share the proof of how awesome these reeds sound, play, perform, and respond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.chinookwindsquintet.com/">Chinook Winds </a>were invited to film an episode of<a href="http://www.montanapbs.org/11thGrantwithEricFunk/"> 11th & Grant with Erik Funk</a>, a <a href="http://www.montanapbs.org/home/">Montana PBS</a> show. We spent 9 hours filming an episode meant to bring a live show into the homes of residents of Montana. We filmed the Maslanka Quintet in 1 take. By the end of the day, we weren't so...accurate. It was an amazing experience and we are truly grateful to Erik Funk and team for inviting us to be a part of such an incredible experience. Here is the episode and this is what a Légère reed sounds like:</span><br />
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<a href="http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/2365652538/" target="_blank"> http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/2365652538/</a><br />
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<u><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brief History of my experience with the </span></b></i></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère</span>:</b></i></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I purchased a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère </span>reed after Paul Hanson toured through Montana playing a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère</span>. A group of Montana bassoonists got together and bought them from Miller Marketing. You can read my earlier reviews by following the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère </span>tag. <i><b> I used a Legere reed exclusively for the 2014-2015 concert season.</b></i> Playing the reed in all elevations and climates, even toted it to the Baltimore Symphony audition though I didn't end up using it for that. </span><br />
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<u><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today</span></b></i></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I now have 3 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère </span>reeds including the very first one I purchased and have been playing on since June 2014. Yes, it still plays! I have purchased two more. One which I am currently using and another one that is, in reality, probably many months from being used. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère</span></span> bassoon reeds are very consistent and easy to adjust as needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Video on adjusting here: <a href="https://youtu.be/hjVIXakzpeg">https://youtu.be/hjVIXakzpeg</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking an entire season off from reed making was amazing and a much needed respite for me. It also highlights one of the <i><b>reasons I am such a huge advocate </b></i>for these reeds. I am constantly amazed at how often I meet adults who played bassoon in high school and college. All of them share how much they love the instrument and how much they loved playing it. They also share that, because they never learned/couldn't master reed making (and despised manufactured cane reeds), they were forced to give it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This always breaks my heart to hear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Reed making</i></b>, though a necessary right of passage for a professional bassoonist, <b><i>should never be a barrier to a passionate amateur or hobbyist.</i></b> They are innumerable community based ensembles that always need a bassoonist and it's a tragedy to realize that something so tiny stands in the way of bringing dedicated bassoonists into these ensembles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent a portion of last week auditioning/interviewing for a university position and played a portion of my recital on the Legere in order to demonstrate its abilities. I was very purposeful in doing this because of what I understood about the program and the students in it. There are many music programs across the country that have bassoonists with great talent and desire to play. They will likely not go on to be full-time professional bassoonists but will endeavor to play while managing careers, families, church and community service, and the various demands of life. For these students, I feel like, the best news I can give them is that <i><b>the struggle of reeds doesn't have to be the "death-knell" of their time with bassoon.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>The </b></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère </span></span>reeds will provide countless hours of stress-free playing for bassoonists across the whole spectrum of amateur - professional playing!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>For the 2015-16 season I am back to making and teaching reeds but having the </b></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère in my case has proven to be a powerful tool and an amazing Plan B - which I have used in rehearsals and performances as needed. I will continue to make and play on cane reeds but I will always have a </span></span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère as well!</span></span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wanted to share the following correspondence regarding a </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Légère reed that I purchased and didn't like because of a change that was made to the manufacturing process - but then corrected. Not only a great product but a great company with excellent customer service. <b>IMPORTANT TO NOTE IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A REED </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Greetings! I wanted to contact you regarding the new style bassoon reed
you are making. I have been using the Legere bassoon reed since June
2014 and have absolutely loved it. I have recommended it to my
colleagues around the country who have since purchased them and students.
However, when Justin Miller sent me my latest Legere with the silver end
and with the blades separated I was profoundly disappointed. The reed
does not vibrate! It doesn't hold adjustment, it doesn't project with
power, I can't lower the pitch, the sound is dead and very thud-y. It
functions like a read with weak corners. I am writing to implore you to
return to the previous style with the sides sealed the entire length of
the blade. If not possible, then please allow me to purchase whatever
stock you may still have of the older style. I have a few students
ready to buy but I have told them to wait in hopes that you will either
switch back or make the other style available in addition to the new
style. I have been working with this new style for 6 weeks and simply
cannot make it function for me in any setting: chamber music, symphony,
teaching, solo work, not even just to practice on.<br />
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Please let me know your thoughts about this.<br />
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Many Thanks,<br />
Elizabeth Crawford<br />
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They have the recently received reeds where the sides are now sealed and
this is the only version that they have so rest assure this is the reed
that you will receive. If you have any concerns or hesitation about the
reeds performance you are more than welcome to contact Bocal Majority
and they would be glad to discuss them with you.<br />
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Elizabeth, if you could please send your reed back to;<br />
Légère Reeds Ltd.<br />
121 Welham Rd.<br />
Unit# 4<br />
Barrie, ON<br />
Canada L4N 8Y3<br />
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I would be happy to replace it for you. Can you please address it to my
attention so that there is no delay as we don't typically offer an
exchange on Bassoon reeds. If you could also include a short note (even a
copy of this discussion) to refresh my memory when it arrives, as to
why we are replacing the reed for you it would be greatly appreciated.
Make sure to include a copy of your receipt and the address that you
would like your replacement reed shipped to.<br />
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Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. We hope to
renew your appreciation for our reeds. Please keep me posted.<br />
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Kind Regards,<br />
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Julie Vardy<br />
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Julie,</div>
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This is wonderful news to receive! I will let all my
students know they should forge ahead with purchasing. I will send you
the reed ASAP. THANK YOU so much for your response and care in making
this product. Looking forward to many more years of Légère bassoon
reeds.</div>
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Hi Julie,</div>
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Wanted to thank you for the replacement reed - it plays great! I also wanted to share with you that my quintet, <a href="http://www.chinookwindsquintet.com/" target="_blank">The Chinook Winds,</a> is being featured on a PBS show here in Montana:<a href="http://watch.montanapbs.org/show/11th-and-grant/" target="_blank">11th & Grant</a>.
Our 60-minute episode premiers on Thursday January 28, 2016. I filmed
the entire episode using a Legere bassoon reed. People often respond to
my blog reviews and Facebook posts and the question I hear a most often
is: what does it sound like? I'm really excited that they will now
have the chance to hear (and see) the reed in this context. </div>
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You can watch a preview of our episode here:</div>
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After the episode airs, it will be available to stream on-line at any time.</div>
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great news Elizabeth. I just watched the video of your quintet, sounds
wonderful. Is your Clarinetist playing Légère?
Hopefully your Bassoonist will be able to experience the same great
perks when our Oboe reed becomes available in the USA. I wish you all
the best.</span></a></div>
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on January 6<sup>th</sup>, 2016. You will still have the same great
opportunities as before but the submission process will require you to
secure an RMA# (Return Merchandise Authorization) prior to shipping us
your reed. This RMA# will be obtainable through
our website </span></b><a href="http://www.legere.com/exchanges" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; border: none 1.0pt; font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; padding: 0cm;">http://www.legere.com/<wbr></wbr>exchanges</span></a><b><span style="background: white; border: none 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; padding: 0cm;">.</span></b><b><span style="background: white; border: none 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; padding: 0cm;"></span></b></div>
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