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Tag Archives: A Klingon Christmas Carol

il Troubadore Klingon Music Project (from l. to r. Jon Silpayamanant, Robert Bruce Scott, Paul Radecki)

batlh qelDI’ tlhIngan, lumbe’!

November 5, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

A Klingon does not delay a matter of honor!  And neither does a composer! As I’m recording guide tracks for the rest of the members of my Klingon band (surely […]

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klingon, klingon music
A scene from Commedia Beauregard's production of "A Klingon Christmas Carol"

DaHjaj QeylIS qa’jIH.

October 3, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

“I am the Spirit of Kahless Present.” Sometimes I have to be in the business of creating culture, not just re-creating culture (or ‘re-presenting culture’ as I sometimes refer to […]

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klingon, klingon music, Local Culture, Music Theory
What happened to the composers, anyway?

What happened to the composers, anyway?

September 6, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 1 Comment

I just read a strange piece at Cracked.com about Orchestras, 5 Bizarre Dark Sides to Modern Orchestras, which left a bit to be desired regarding some facts (what’s a third […]

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Arts Education, Arts Funding, Composing, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras

To teach, or not to teach: that is the question

August 20, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

So this past week was the first week of school and I’ve been coaching two periods of cellos since Tuesday. Earlier this week I read a piece in the Chronicle […]

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Arts Education, Education, Teaching

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