AETHERPHON, global theremin family

In the voice of (British comedy character) Neddie Seagoon:  Hello, Folks!

Hi, I'm Ann Cantelow, happy to be here, indeed.  Here's a wordy intro for 
me- you've started a tradition, Gordon!  :)

I live with my husband Tom in Boulder, Colorado, USA.  I work as a 
computer system admin half time for an internet service provider, taking 
care of software installs and upgrades on a few mainframes.  The other 
half of my time I do database programming for 2 long-time clients, one of 
which is rather more demanding of my time than I would like.

I studied music composition in '67-70 at University of California at 
Davis, was influenced there by John Cage who taught for a semester, and 
Larry Austin and Richard Swift.  I heard what a theremin was in those 
days, but never dreamed I would ever have an opportunity to actually play 
one.

I heard Clara Rockmore on the radio one day some 3-4 years ago and was 
amazed by it, then discovered that theremins could actually be bought, and 
I soon bought one.  It's sure fun to play.

Theremin is my best and easiest instrument, believe it or not.  I have 
played piano and taken lessons on and off many years, but I can't play 
accurately for some reason.  I studied voice for a few years and that was 
a great release from having to hit all the correct notes, but I realized I 
don't have the voice to be able to ever sing recitals, so what's the good 
of that?  :)  The theremin lets me get my ideas out, which has been 
wonderful.  And when I hit wrong notes, at least they're not off by big 
whole and half tones, heh.

I've re-caught the composition bug recently, and am picking up where I 
left off as a composition student years ago.  The archives of "New Music" 
radio shows at www.kalvos.org are bringing me up to speed on where things 
have been going all these years.  I listen with fascination to these 
archived programs on the days I'm working at home.

Best!

Ann Cantelow
http://www.cantelow.com

On Sat, 13 May 2006 kkissinger@... wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Thank you David for creating this group and for the invitation.
>
> I'm Kevin Kissinger from Kansas City, Mo.
>
> I have been married for 24 years and we have four boys and two girls
> ranging in
> age from 6 to 22 and a 9 month old grand-daughter.   (Note that I don't record
> with a microphone -- if I did I'd never get through a take without a
> door slam,
> a yell, or a bark or two from the neighbor's dog.)
>
> I work full-time as a Technical Specialist (i.e., Systems Programmer/Analyst)
> for one of the world's largest travel-industry systems.  I also have my own
> seasonal weekend/evening business tuning and servicing pipe organs.  (My
> teenagers hold keys for me to make extra $$, and it provides some great
> one-on-one time with them.)  I play the organ professionally at a
> church in the
> Westport area of Kansas City and play organ recitals -- primarily in Missouri
> and surrounding states.  I have a Bachelor's degree in Performance (organ) and
> the AAGO (Associate American Guild of Organists) Certificate.
>
> I started playing the Theremin late in September, 2005. To say that I enjoy
> playing the Theremin is an understatement ... I find that when I start
> practicing that I don't want to stop.  Oh... can't tell you how many
> mornings I
> have dragged myself into the office with only a few hours of sleep due to
> Theremin playing sessions that went longer than planned the night
> before. Since
> you are reading this,  bet the same thing has happened to you!
>
> Things are going well. I am on the Spellbound artist list and enjoy composing
> for and playing the Theremin.  I enjoy listening to the Theremin in its many
> genres.
>
> Last February I created a website http://kevinkissinger.com .  I am new
> to html,
> don't know much about designing websites... thus is a work in progress.
>  I like
> looking at the stats and seeing all the countries throughout the world
> that hit
> the site.  Such fun!  Hope you will visit from time-to-time.
>
> Look forward to learning and sharing.
>
> Happy Theremining to all!
>
> -- Kevin
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