Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Substitute Auditions June 4, 2011
May 3, 2011 by Sarah
Filed under General Percussion
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO) is a professional, per-service orchestra performing approximately 110 services annually in the Orlando/Central Florida area. The OPO has an operating budget of $3 million and an endowment of $3.5 million. The OPO employs a unique shared musician/management structure with bylaws requiring that 25% of the Board of Directors be comprised [...]
Sarah Basel to perform as Principal Percussionist with Evanston Symphony Orchestra
May 3, 2011 by Sarah
Filed under General Percussion, Performances, Sarah's Blog
On May 8, 2011 Sarah Basel will perform as the principal percussionist with the Evanston Symphony Orchestra. Sarah will be filling in for the regular principal percussionist, Brian Kabot. This concert is filled with “blockbuster percussion hits” including Appalachian Spring, Rhapsody in Blue (with piano soloist Lawrence Eckerling), Candide Overture and Merry Mount [...]
Sarah Basel to perform with Kenosha Symphony
May 3, 2011 by Sarah
Filed under General Percussion, Performances, Sarah's Blog
On May 7, 2011, Sarah Basel will be performing with the Kenosha Symphony:
May 7, 2011 8:00 p.m. “A Night at the Opera” Concert
Strauss Don Juan Mozart Overture to Don Giovani Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Featuring Christian Reinert, tenor and the Bradford and Tremper High School Choruses
Favorite romantic arias by tenor, Christian Reinert, and popular [...]
Rhapsody Percussion listed in Top 10 of “The Web’s Most Popular Sites”
May 3, 2011 by Sarah
Filed under General Percussion, Rhapsody Percussion News
According to the website Top20Sites.com, Rhapsody is listed in the top 10 of the web’s most popular Percussion Mallet Sites and Timpani Mallet Sites. Check these lists out by clicking on these links:
Percussion Mallet Sites
Timpani Mallet Sites
What is Top20Sites.com? According to their own help page:
Top20Sites.com is the leading directory of the web’s most popular websites. [...]
Stravinsky conducts The Firebird
October 17, 2010 by Sarah
Filed under Concert Reviews, General Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Timpani
A friend forwarded this video to me and I found it incredibly interesting.
First of all, I can’t believe I’ve never seen a video of Stravinsky conducting! Stravinsky has been one of the most influential composers on my life. It all started when my High School Choir teacher handed me the CD of “Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky” [...]
Sarah Basel is a professional percussionist in the Chicagoland area. She has a masters in percussion performance from San Francisco Conservatory where she studied with Jack Van Geem (principal of San Francisco Symphony). She also received a Bachelor of Music Education which enabled her to study with Ed Harrison (principal timpanist of Lyric Opera of Chicago) from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois. Sarah has been both a performer and a music educator for the past 16 years.