John Sebastian, Harmonica Artist,
First on the Alaska Music Trails
The Alaskan Music Trails con
cert to be heard Monday, October
20, at the high school auditorium,
promises to be an unusually bril
liant event, when John Sebastian,
harmonica virtuoso, will be pre
sented.
For more than six years con
cert audiences from coast-to-coast
and around the world have been
discovering and acclaiming this
artist, who has revealed that the
harmonica is potentially a musi
cal instrument of unsuspected
range and charm. John Sebastian,
through his musical artistry, has
carved an important nifche in the
world of serious music.
Bom in Philadelphia, a banker’s
son, Sebastian always enjoyed
music during his high school and
college days, and slowly developed
his “hip-pocket hobby. From such
a hobby, he gradually perfected
his technique to such a profici
ency, he appeared with Eugene
Ormandy and the Philadelphia
orchestra as soloist. This was fol
lowed by guest appearances with
the Rochester Civic Symphony,
the NBC Symphony, the New
Orlean’s Symphony Orchestra.
A phenomenal success every
where, he has appeared with an
ever-widening list of orchestras
which now includes the New ”v’<','v
Philharmonic and the
of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland
Louisville, Miami, Kansas City, as
well as organizations abroad—
among others the Berlin Philhar
monic. the Venice Festival orches
tra, RAI orchestra di Milano,
Baden Baden Runkfunk, Hilver
sum Chamber orchestra and the
Tokyo symphony.
A Musicians Musician
Sebastian, long before he began
concertizing, was encouraged in
his work by leading composers,
musicologists, and conductors,
both here in the United States
and abroad. These include Douglas
Moore of Columbia University,
Dr. Carlton Sprague Smith of the
New York Library and Hart Mc
Donald of Philadelphia. He has
inspired -cnr+wnmornry- composers
to write esnc-’aHv for the harmo
nica. These include the eminent
American composer Aaron Cope
land, Darius Milhaud of France,,
and other American and foreign
composers.
It was Sebastian himself who
first discovered that the works of
the 17th and J8th Century com
posers such as Bach, Vivaldi,
Handel and others, were surpris
ingly adaptable to the harmonica.
“This instrument has the same
reeds and tone quality as the pipe
organ,” stated Sebastian. “Since
many of the early composers were
church organists, it stands to
reason that this same tone is re
flected in their compositions.”
Sebastian not only interprets
and composes music for his instru
ment, but also does extensive re
search ip r to extend hi'
repertoire. Fr' \ Victor and Rem
ington reco^^d a large portion
of his fine repertoire, and he
currently is recording LPs for
Columbia.
POLIO CLINIC TODAY AT
KODIAK HEALTH CENTER
A polio immunization clime
will be held today at the Kodiak
Health Center from 10 a.m. until
11 a.m. Adults, as well as children
over 3 months of age, may get
first, second, or third shots ar
needed.
NOTICE
Turkeys and chickens have
been killed on Long Island. Hence
forth, dogs will not be allowed
on the island.
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