Caboose Interior

Puccini

I find that even the idea of a caboose is romantic in the extreme, and immediately evocative of the golden age of rail transport. So, after a day of exams in Regina, I went exploring and discovered not just one, but two caboose (cabii?), de-commissioned and left rather forlornly in the middle of a broad expanse of rail lines. Once a massive prairie hub for grain transport and general transport, now these two cars, hitched together, only had each other for company until I wandered along!

I felt that this aria of Puccini’s from La Boheme, ‘Sono Andati’ (Are They Gone Now) was somehow apt. Compare the rather spare acoustic of this caboose interior with the ambience of this related recording, created nearby later the same afternoon.

And for you HO freaks out there!

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Published:: 07.06.07 / 12pm

Category:: (BACK TO TOP), HISTORIC TREASURES, RCM EXAMS, SITES IN TRANSITION

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With a love of teaching and chamber music, Toronto-based flutist JAMIE THOMPSON has performed as both soloist and chamber musician in Canada and the United States, and continues to be active as aFreelance Musician, Teacher, Adjudicator and Clinician, specializing in community outreach, multi-media events and creative, performance-preparation workshops and coaching sessions.

Jamie has been on the Flute Faculty of the RCM since 1988. In addition to teaching and coaching, he has served as Chair, Woodwind Brass and Percussion Department, and has served on numerous committees, including The Community School Divisional Committee, Academic Council and the Council of Examiners. In addition Jamie has presented workshops on Examination and Performance Preparation, co-ordinated the RCM Professional Development Lecture Series, and has co-chaired the Faculty Advisory Committee for the RCM’s new TELUS Performance and Learning Centre, scheduled to open in 2008.

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