{"id":215,"date":"2015-03-29T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/?p=215"},"modified":"2017-05-01T18:36:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:36:59","slug":"visit-with-sir-james-galway-at-mtna-las-vegas-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/visit-with-sir-james-galway-at-mtna-las-vegas-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit with Sir James Galway at MTNA Las Vegas 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the fun aspects of attending a national conference is the opportunity to spend a few minutes with the musical celebrities who are participating. We enjoyed a wonderful concert by renowned flutist Sir James Galway who incidentally was exhibiting his new “First Flute”<\/a> instruction video series in the booth next to Lee Roberts Music Publications <\/a>where I was assisting teachers to better understand the benefits of the Robert Pace Piano Approach.<\/p>\n

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Sir James Galway with Julie Lovison, Director of The Lake Shore Music Studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

It seemed appropriate to have Sir James autograph a copy of “Shepherd’s Flute” <\/a>composed for piano by Earl Ricker from the Robert Pace Piano Recital Series.\u00a0 Since it is written in a minor key popular in Jewish tunes he quipped, “This is a Jewish Shepherd” and went on to share the fact that “Jewish shepherds lead their flock” while shepherds from other cultures drive their flock from behind.<\/p>\n

At his master class Sir James made a point of stressing the importance of practicing his scales which he still does devotedly every day. I guess that proves no matter how accomplished you are you need to pay attention to the fundamentals.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>We observed how personable he was with each visitor taking time time to have a short chat while simultaneously playing chess via his cell phone with a friend online between visitors.<\/p>\n

Sir James was also kind enough to autograph a page from the “Two On Tour”<\/a> duet book volume 2 which was the promotional handout in the Lee Roberts’ booth. The piece is called “Parade for the Irish”.<\/p>\n

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