Guitar Lessons & ... » Uncategorized http://www.brendanburns.com/blog This is the Personal & Professional Blog for Brendan Burns Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:55:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Guitober 2009! http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/guitober-2009/ http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/guitober-2009/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:26:12 +0000 brendanburns http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/?p=406 Guitober is Guihappening again!

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At Brookline Music School we are celebrating the guitar with it’s own month: Guitober!  This year’s activities include clinics, concerts, videos and a giveaway.

Head on over to Guitober.com or BMSmusic.org for all the details.

And play a Guitcrossword puzzle while your at it!

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Now, I’ve got clean up the RSS feed.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

]]> http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/having-some-spam-troubles/feed/ 0 Ra Quintet – September 25th @ Lilypad http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/ra-quintet-september-25th-lilypad/ http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/ra-quintet-september-25th-lilypad/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:01:32 +0000 brendanburns http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/?p=399 My biggest project of the year – The Ra Quintet (led by Brant Grieshaber) will be celebrating the release of our debut CD on September 25th at the Lilypad (10pm).  Come check out the genre-bend, face-melting, extravaganza of music.  Also on the bill: Tamandua

The Ra Quintet

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Here are two clips from our performance in Chicago this past April:

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Abbey Road

Following the outstanding 40th anniversary concerts of Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2007 and White Album in 2008, Brookline Music School will complete their Beatles concert trilogy with Abbey Road.

Nearly 100 Brookline Music School students and faculty will perform exciting new arrangements of the songs from one of The Beatles’ most successful and beloved albums, including Here Comes the Sun, Something, Golden Slumbers, and Octopus’s Garden.

The event will take place at Pine Manor College’s Ellsworth Theater (400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467) on Saturday, May 16th at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 17th at 2:00pm.

Tickets are $15 General Admission

Call Frank Pesci at 617-277-4593 x233
or email tickets@bmsmusic.org, with “Beatles Tickets” in the heading.

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My guitar ensemble’s featured arrangement is going to be Here Comes The Sun.  It calls for 6 guitars, double string quartet, bass, drums & vocals.  It’s going to be a blast!

Here’s about half the kids gathered for a cast photo:

Cast Photo

]]> http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/abbey-road/feed/ 0 Dylan Gould http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/dylan-gould/ http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2009/dylan-gould/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:00:31 +0000 brendanburns http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/?p=353 A good friend and artist, Dylan Gould has a postcard project.  She was kind enough to include some photos of my website in her work.

Check it out:

Dylan Gould Postcard Project

Isn’t that great?!  Click on pic for more postcards.

Thanks Dylan!

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This is the direct side-effect of being snowed-in during the Holidays with a guitar & laptop in hand:

Have Your Christmas (MP3)
Have Your Christmas (PDF)

Happy Holidays Everyone!

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