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Jan 17, 2023Liked by Claire Comstock-Gay

i love the scottish symphony!!!!!!!!!

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same!!! i had gotten a little sick of it because the classical radio station plays it constantly...but seeing it live reminded me, right, they play it a lot because IT'S GREAT

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Jan 17, 2023Liked by Claire Comstock-Gay

this is me with the italian symphony lol but for whatever reason on the odd occasion they play the scottish one i get so amped

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Jan 16, 2023Liked by Claire Comstock-Gay

I, too, have no idea how to write about music in any meaningful or critical way beyond "Sounds make brain feel good".

But I also miss classical music and big wind ensembles. The actual audio experience, yes, but also something about watching conductors and playing together with a group of like-minded teens with very little regard for what we were even playing.

(Our go-to band movie was Mr. Holland's Opus. Pretty sure we watched that at least once per year.)

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Sounds make brain feel good!!! It's so simple and yet--

Mr Hollands Opus maybe a more sensible choice to show high schoolers? Extremely bold (but also great) to repeatedly show rowdy teens a movie where somebody says the words "nipples of Venus" lol

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