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Category Archives: tlhIngan QoQ

il Troubadore and Deserae at the Opening of A Klingon Christmas Carol

A Klingon Christmas Carol

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Friday night was officially the longest night and to celebrate my band, the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project (otherwise known as bomwI’pu’ on the planet Qo’noS), opened for Commedia Beauregard‘s […]

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belly dance, Bellydance, klingon, klingon music, tlhIngan QoQ, xenomusic
Jon Silpayamanant as a Klingon Cellist at the Joliet Public Library Annual Star Wars Day in the Chicago-land area.

Creating Sustainability as an Entrepreneurial Musician

July 7, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

“An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong.” […]

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Audiences, Economics, klingon, klingon music, Music, Performing, Professional Development, tlhIngan QoQ, Venues

“A Klingon Christmas Carol” opens tonight!!

November 25, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

The music I composed and recorded will have it’s official premiere tonight.  It has already been featured during three preview shows last week, but tonight marks the opening night of […]

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Composing, klingon, klingon music, Performance, tlhIngan QoQ
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September 8, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

If some of you hadn’t noticed, I’ve changed the look of the blog. This template is a bit cleaner and less distracting than the previous one, I think. I also […]

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Blogging, Research, Resources, tlhIngan QoQ, xenomusic, Xenomusicology
Jon Silpayamanant as a Klingon performing before a production of The Pirates of Penzance (in Outer Space)

on Klingon weddings and playing the Sci-Fi/Fantasy circuit

August 17, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 7 Comments

So, as I mentioned in the previous post, there is an embarrassment of riches as far as performing options are concerned, if you’re willing to think outside the box.  The […]

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klingon, klingon music, pedagogy, Performance Ethics, Reflections, tlhIngan QoQ, World Music, xenomusic, Xenomusicology

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