Abaca String Band concerts in August

[Andrew Schulman]

Having finished writing my book, the concert life starts up again. My string quintet will appear on Saturday, August 22nd, on this series:

http://bestevents.us/brewster-concerts-around-the-corner-the-healing-power-of/617130

The concert will be preceded by a screening of Josh Aronson’s “Andrew & Wendy”, a documentary film about the healing power of music.

On Monday, August 24th, we will appear in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution:

http://ciweb.org/week-nine-2015/eventdetail/3410/-/abaca-string-band

The next day the film will be screened at Chautauqua in Lenna Hall at 4 p.m.

The program:

Andrew Schulman, 8-string Guitar
Tamara Volskaya, Mandolin/Domra
Robert Zubrycki, Violin
Julie Goodale, Viola
Marc Schmied, Double Bass

Double Concerto in A minor (Op. 3, No. 8)..................Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Allegro
Larghetto e spiritoso
Allegro
for Mandolin and Guitar


Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525.………………….Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
I. Allegro
for Violin and Strings

Rondo alla Turca
for Mandolin and Strings


Pavane for a Dead Princess …………..………………...Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
for Viola, Violin and Strings


Grave and Fandango……………………………………..Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
from Guitar Quintet #4 in D Major

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Here Comes The Sun…………………………………....George Harrison (1943-2001)
Something
Andrew Schulman, Eight-String Guitar


Two Klezmer Dances........................................................Traditional
Freilach in D minor
Freilach in F minor
Arranged by Anatoly Trofimov


Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria.……………………….Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
for Violin, Viola and Strings

Czárdás................................................................................Vittorio Monti (1868-1922)
for Mandolin, Guitar, and Strings
Largo-Allegro
Arranged by Anatoly Trofimov & Andrew Schulman


Ashokan Farewell.................................…………………….Jay Ungar (b. 1946)
Theme from Ken Burns "The Civil War"


Take The A Train...................................................................Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore.………………………..........Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Arranged by Marc Schmied & Andrew Schulman

Music arranged by Andrew Schulman except where otherwise noted.

[David L. Martel]

Andy,

Congratulations. Hopefully you won't have too much re-writing but listen
to your editor.

Dave M.

[Andrew Schulman]

Thanks for the advice, Dave. However, when I wrote finished I meant...finished! The book is now in the production process and the release is slated for August 2016. In the updated project description on my Indiegogo page earlier this year I wrote that I'd found a second editor for the book. I completely rewrote the book in three months, starting in early February, something I could never have done without the brilliant Lindsey Tate, my second editor.

We met the May deadline and the publisher loved it. He, Stephen Morrison, publisher of Macmillan:Picador, was previously Editor-in-Chief at Penguin Books and brought a keen eye to the manuscript. I spent another month addressing his edits and comments with Lindsey. We also added an Afterword by Dr. Marvin McMillen, former director of the Surgical ICU at Beth Israel Medical Center and now at Berkshire Medical Center, and a Resource Section by Dr. Barbara Wheeler, former president of the American Music Therapy Association, a More Resources Section by me, and References. A lot of work. But, we are done. I've already found a few tweaks for when we get the galleys this Fall, but just minor stuff. Mostly A minor, a few things in Eb minor.

Haha.

I recently read a roundtable interview with several well-known writers and one of them said that you're not really qualified to write a book until you've finished your first book. I know exactly what she meant. So I am looking forward to my second book which I'll be starting after these concerts!

And quite happy to be back to doing music. The second book will be much easier to write in several ways and I won't have to take another time out from playing as I just did. Good to be back in the saddle.

Best regards,
Andrew
http://us.macmillan.com/wakingthespirit/andrewschulman

[Al Evans]

Andrew Schulman <and...@abacaproductions.com> wrote:
> Having finished writing my book, the concert life starts up again. My
> string quintet will appear on Saturday, August 22nd, on this series:
>
> http://bestevents.us/brewster-concerts-around-the-corner-the-healing-power-of/617130
>
> The concert will be preceded by a screening of Josh Aronson’s “Andrew &
> Wendy”, a documentary film about the healing power of music.
>
> On Monday, August 24th, we will appear in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution:
>
> http://ciweb.org/week-nine-2015/eventdetail/3410/-/abaca-string-band
>
> The next day the film will be screened at Chautauqua in Lenna Hall at 4 p.m.
>
> The program:

That sounds like a great program. Congratulations on finishing your book!

--Al Evans--

[Andrew Schulman]

On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 7:03:28 AM UTC-4, Al Evans wrote:
> That sounds like a great program. Congratulations on finishing your book!
>
> --Al Evans--

Thanks, Al!

Andrew