Our recent trip to the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic reminded us just how passionate ChopSaver fans are. So we are launching a new series called “In Their Own Words”, unscripted, from the heart testimonials from some of our biggest fans! First up, Tom Hooten, Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Julie Huffman, […]
Sports talk show host Jim Rome is famous for saying “Have a take, don’t suck!” It’s been his tagline for many years. What I think it means is, have a well-formed opinion and be able to articulate that opinion in a clear, concise way. It is actually good advice when you think about it. It […]
Are you going to Midwest? That’s a common question in musical circles this time of year. A trade show the week before Christmas? In Chicago? Yes, such is the magic of the Midwest Clinic – An International Band and Orchestra Conference, an event held this time every year. It brings together thousands of band and […]
Today’s newsletter is not a newsletter. It is a thank you card. While I love the Christmas season and my family does send our share of personal Christmas cards, it has become a somewhat “complicated” holiday what with differing views on how to celebrate it, where to celebrate it and bizarre rituals like “Black Friday” […]
Here is what you will find in a very well-known lip balm that has been around for decades: Arachidyl Propionate Camphor Cetearyl Alcohol D&C Red 6 Barium Lake (CI 15850) FD&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake Fragrance Isopropyl Lanolate Isopropyl Myristate Lanolin Light Mineral Oil Methylparaben Octyldodecanol Oleyl Alcohol Phenyl Methicone Propylparaben Titanium Dioxide Wax Padimate […]
(The ChopSaver story began with a random conversation I once had with one of my students who told my about the miraculous healing powers of an herb called Arnica. Well, it’s time we caught up with my student and dear friend Wesley Bullock.) Wes grew up singing in churches and later performing in school musicals. When […]
Christopher Bill has taken YouTube by storm, which is no small feat for a solo trombone player! Based in New York City, Chris has been playing piano since he was 6 years old, trombone since he was 10, and he has been composing/arranging since he was 12. Chris is best known for his all-trombone arrangements of […]
Deirdre Lovejoy is a highly successful actor having worked on TV, stage and film. A high point of her TV career came when she was cast as Assistant State’s Attorney Rhonda Pearlman in the HBO Series The Wire, a show proclaimed one of the finest television shows of all time for its five-season run. Her […]
From his humble beginnings as a nine year old nervously playing his first trumpet solo in church, Dr. Jesse McGuire overcame the reading disorder dyslexia to attain the position of “Lead Trumpet” in the world’s most prestigious jazz big band, “The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra” in New York City, led by Wynton Marsalis. An EMMY […]
by William Stebbins, MD, and C. William Hanke, MD, MPH (This article originally appeared on the Skin Cancer Foundation website – www.skincancer.org. Reprinted by permission.) Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the US.1 Despite increased awareness that it is usually caused by the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) light, one in five […]
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