ecarroll

TMers,

I'll be in Europe from May 5th - 15, hanging in Venice (my obsession, for the observant), giving masterclasses in Novara (Festival Fiati), Bergamo, and Zaragosa, checking out the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and visiting Jean-Pierre Mathez in Lausanne. Trent Austin will watch my forum while I'm away and perhaps I'll have a few stories to tell when I return...

Best wishes and "see" you soon,
EC

TrentAustin

I thought you were stashing me in your luggage on this trip, Ed?

Glad to keep the light on in the forum while you're out and about!

Best,

T

Alex Yates

Have a great time EC! The Bilbao Guggenheim is extraordinary. Stay safe and enjoy!

Vulgano Brother

Keep your eye out for pizza under 5 Euro dollars in Venice -- I tramped all through the city with a group of Swabian brass players on that quest, with no luck. Have fun!

rowuk

VB,
I am sure that you can find somebody to make you a pizza for 5 Euros - you probably would not want to eat a pizza from Venice that only cost 5 Euros though.............

Ed,
have a great time! There is a lot of inspiration over here - and in May, the temperature is all the more enjoyable!

Vulgano Brother

Lido in May, the public beach. Hmmmm...wonder if Ed can post those photos?

ecarroll

TMers,

I'm back from Italy, Spain and Switzerland and filled to the gills with everything except sleep.

My classes in Novara were very interesting (a terrific bunch of trumpeters there, including a recent prize winner) and if offered the chance to spend the rest of my life in Bergamo I'd reply with a smile and a "yes, please" (in addition to the medieval architecture I'll long remember a free improv that we crafted from the stage and rear balcony at the Donizetti Conservatory. He might have hated it. I loved it, and only wish we had done it outside around the Piazza Vecchia as the sun was setting). My classes in Zaragosa were hosted by a fine organization called "Asociacion de trompetistas profesionales" and a breeze as events created by colleagues, not administrators, often are. Bilbao perfectly reflects the committment of the Basque government to modern art. I also spent two intense days in Lausanne with Jean-Pierre Mathez, visiting Julien-François Zbinden (now 90 and sharp as a tack in spite of losing 98% of his voice) and Editions BIM.

My only disappointment, other than paying $15 for a gin and tonic on the terrace at the Gritti Palace in Venice (the view of the Grand Canal was almost worth it) was arriving home at Newark and Boston's infamous Logan and feeling, once again, that I was entering a third world country. Yikes.

Best, as always, and glad to be back
EC

TrentAustin

Glad to see you back, Ed. Hope we can get your forum hopping again.

See you soon, I hope!
-T

Khora

Welcome home, EC - we've missed you. It has been very quiet around here!

Once you've caught up on some sleep, would you tell us more about the free-improv? How did it start / evolve? Was there a 'theme'? How many trumpeters were involved? How long did it last?

Ever curious...

SC