Internet Connection インターネット

Within my family, we use many computers at the same time, and sometimes the connection was really slow. I use surface pro computer and it does not have the connection for Ethernet cable. I learned that by having USB Ethernet Adapter, it becomes possible. I am using Amazon Basics Ethernet Adapter, and the connection is really fast when you connect through line. When I check the internet speed, it showed almost to the maximum download and upload speed. If you have many people in your family using wireless connection, and your speed is not up to par, having Ethernet Adapter might be a good way to go. Now, we can have two different Zoom meeting at the same time with really good connection.

AmazonBasics USB 3.0 to 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Internet Adapter

我が家では一度に何台ものコンピューターを使います。たまにコネクションが途切れたりよくしていました。私はSurface Proをつかっていて、イサーネットの線がひけないとおもっていたのですが、イサーネットアダプターを使うとUSBの方に線を引くことができます。イサーネットでの接続ではケーブル会社からの契約されたとおりにほぼ近いくらいの速さでダウンロード、アップロードできます。もし家族みんなでワイヤレスを使っていて時々接続が中断されるようならイサーネットアダプターはとてもいいと思います。最近ではズームの会議を二つのコンピューターをつかっても接続は良好です。

Father’s Day Gift Idea 父の日のギフト

Today was BBQ day. I enjoy  BBQ these days. For tell you the truth, I did not enjoy BBQ for a long time, the biggest reason was : Responsibility of cooking the food correctly. Figuring out the grill takes time and where the hot spots are, so I won’t burn the food. The grill I have right now is pretty good, but I do wish to have more space, and consistency in heat. Now father’s day is coming up, and one of my wish list is a new grill. During the summer, it is really great to grill out, although it is pretty hot outside.
Father’s day is coming this Sunday, and I know some of you are thinking about gift ideas. Here is an idea for me.

Char-Broil 463377319 Performance 4-Burner Cart Style Liquid Propane Gas Grill, Stainless Steel

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今日はバーベキューの日でした。最近はバーベキューを楽しんでやっています。昔は食べ物を焦がしたらいけないと思い楽しんではバーベキューできていませんでした。責任重大ですから。グリルは熱いところとそうでないところができてくるので焦げるものと火が通っていないものが出てきてしまうので大変です。今わたしが持っているグリルは悪くはないのですが、スペースが小さいのと熱いところとそうでないところの差がありすぎるので新しいのが欲しいなと思っています。父の日、今週の日曜日です、私はグリルがいいな。(日本には上記のようなグリルはたぶんないでしょう。。)

First Blog ブログはじめ

Hello, I am Toru Tagawa, Orchestra conductor and violinist. This is my first blog.  I will be writing about things I like, books, recordings, technologies, music and more.
I started walking about a week ago, and it has been great. Arizona gets really hot during the day, so I have to start walking before 7am. During my walks, I listen to a book on audio and just finished listening to this book, Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Great feature about this audio is the use of music and use of different people’s voices. This book really made me think about how much I assume to know about strangers, but I really don’t. A great audio!
Here is the Link to the Book/Audio on Amazon.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Audible Gift Memberships

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こんにちは、田川徹です。オーケストラの指揮者、音楽教師、バイオリン奏者です。今日からブログをはじめます。私の好きなもの、本、CD、レコード、テクノロジー、音楽関係の物から私が考えること、感じることを少しづつ書いていきます。
1週間ほど前散歩を始めました。アリゾナ州は日中とても暑くなるので朝早く、7時前に出かけます。散歩中にオーディオブックを聞き始め、Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell を聞きました。普通のただ一人のナレーションでなく音楽も入り、音声も登場人物により音声が変わり、なかには登場人物その人の音声も聞くことができます。自分たちがどれだけ他人のことを知ったようなきで知らないか改めてかんがえさせられました。おすすめの本です。

アマゾン ジャパンのリンク
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know

このリンクを使って買っていただくと私の方にアフィリエイトフィーが入ることがあります。

June – July 2019

June 8 (Sat) @1:30pm: Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street, Tucson. tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org

June 8 (Sat) @3pm: Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street, Tucson: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5, Reiko Shimokawa, Piano, Dvorak: Symphony No.9 tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org

June 9 (Sun) @7pm: Tucson Pops Orchestra, Guest Conductor: Reid Park Outdoor Performance Center.  https://www.tucsonpops.org/june-9—mariachi-aztlaacuten-de-pueblo-high-school-with-guest-conductor-toru-tagawa.html

 

Tucson Repertory Orchestra’s Japan Trip 2019: For Information: go to https://tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org/japan2019/

July 6: Minoh, Osaka, Japan

July 7: Kibichuo Cho, Okayama, Japan

July 11: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

July 13: Hiroshima, Japan

 

 

 

January – April 2019

January 12, 2019

Space Exploration

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Wagner/Sheffer: Ride of the Valkyries

Horner/Moss: Apollo 13

Liszt: Les Preludes

Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday

Giacchino/Custer: Star Trek: Through the Years

Holst: Mars and Jupiter from the Planets

Williams/Smith: Star Wars, Epic 2

The Program

 

February 15-16, 2019

AMEA All Regional Orchestra, South East Region at Eastern Arizona College

 

March 9,10, 2019: Performing Violin in Bisbee.

https://www.bisbeewomansclub.com/love-of-music

Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillinate

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 Spring

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Trout

Violin: Toru Tagawa, Viola: Emily Chao, Cello: Robert Marshall, Bass: Mike Geddes, Piano Shiho Takeda.

 

April13, 2019

 At Last  With Crystal Stark as vocal soloist.  With Khris Dodge Entertainment

Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla

Natural Woman (I Feel Like a), Aretha Franklin/King

Stop in the Name of Love Diana Ross

You Keep Me Hanging On Diana Ross

Proud Mary, Tina Turner

Webber/Custer: Phantom of the Opera

When You Wish Upon a Star

Time after Time, Ella Fitzgerald.

I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Dionne Warwick.

At Last, Etta James

Faure: Pavane (with Mixed choir)

Over the Rainbow, with Choir and the Band/Orchestra

If There is Music There, Donna Summer

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Kander+Ebb/Richett: Chicago

MacArthur Park

Last Dance

 

September 2018-December 2018

October 27, 2018

Teacher and Apprentice

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3. Kai Skaggs, Violin

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain.

Wittry: Leaves

Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2

The CODA December Honor Orchestras, November 30-December 1, 2018; University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

CODA Honors String Orchestra, Toru Tagawa, Conductor

Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, arr. by Robert D. McCashin

Romance for String Orchestra by Gerald Finzi

Irish Legend by Robert Kerr, arr. by Soon Hee Newbold

December 29: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters.

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January 2018-April 2018

January 12,13, Sierra Vista Symphony, Children’s Concerts and Movie and Music Concert.

January 19, 21, Performing Violin in the Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra. (Beethoven, Fidelio, Mahler Symphony No.10, Bernstein: Symphony No.3, Kaddish)

January 27, 28(Tucson), February 3,4,5(Phoenix), Performing Violin in the Arizona Opera Orchestra, Bernstein’s Candide.

February 16, 17, Conducting: the AMEA Southwest Regional Orchestra at McClintock High School, Tempe, AZ. Verdi; La Forza del Destino Overture, Gould: American Salute, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 last movement (Concert starts at 3pm, February 17th, Orchestra is last on the program)

February 20, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Brahms: Symphony No.4, Finzi: Romance.

March 14@7pm Conducting: Canyon del Oro High School Concert. Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium, 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley AZ

March 15-18, Canyon del Oro High School Trip to Anaheim, CA. Worldstride Heritage Music Festival.

March 20, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Shu-Ching Chen, piano, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Jose Leonardi Moore, Violin, Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture

March 24, Men Who Cook, fundraising event for the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. I will be judging the decoration of the tables this year.  (Last year, I was a chef), Tickets and info: http://sierravistasymphony.org/events/men-who-cook/

April 21, Conducting: Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra in concert. 7pm at Buena Performing Arts Center. Borodin: Prince Igor Overture, Stravinsky: Firebird 1919, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Tickets and Info:  http://sierravistasymphony.org/concerts/fall-concert/

April 24, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra. Mahler: Symphony No.5

 

 

October-December 2017

October 7@7pm (Sat), Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra Concert, Buena Performing Arts Center, Sierra Vista, AZ. (Pre-Concert Talk at 6pm).  Beethoven: Leonore No.3, Mozart: Oboe Concerto, Sara Fraker, Oboe, Mendelssoh: Symphony No.5 “Reformation”, Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. Tickets starting at $25.  http://sierravistasymphony.org/concerts/fall-concert/

October 9@7pm (Mon), Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Concert, Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium. 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley, AZ. Grieg: Holberg Suite and more. https://cdoorchestra.wordpress.com/  Admission: Free and open to the public

November 11@2pm (Sat), Toru Tagawa and Friends, Chamber Music Performance at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Tucson, AZ. Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1, Brahms Piano Quartet No.1. Toru Tagawa, Violin, Emily Chao, Viola, Rahsan Apay-Durdag, Cello, Sheryll McManus, Piano. $10 Adult, $5 Student.  Fundraising Concert for the Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Booster.  For Tickets, call Tina (CDO Orchestra Booster Treasurer) at 520-405-3838.  Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of. ToruTagawa&FriendsTRO Family Concert 12.30.17

December 11@7pm(Mon), Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Concert, Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium. 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley, AZ. Admission: Free and open to the public.

December 30@3pm (Sat) Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters XII.  Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Rahsan Apay-Durdag, Cello, Beethoven: Symphony No.6.  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Tucson AZ. Admission by Donation. (Suggested Donations $10 per person). tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org

 

TRO Concert Flier 12.30.17

July in Japan

July 9 (Sunday), In Nagoya from 5pm.  Violin: Toru and Laura Tagawa, Piano: Shiho Takeda.
親和楽器 (名古屋市千種区茶屋ヶ坂1-21-27 地下鉄茶屋が坂駅1番出口出てすぐ。)http://www.m-shinwa.co.jp/

July 12(Wednesday), In Hiroshima from 7pm.  Aster Plaza, Dai Ongakushitu. (Need RSVP as seating is limited)

With Musicians from Hiroshima with Toru and Laura Tagawa.  Special Guest: Martin Stanzeleit, Cello, Principal Cellist: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. (Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major, 1st movement) and more.

July 16(Sunday), In Hayashima(Okayama) from 2pm. Performing with Jazz Violinist, Sei Takahashi and my teacher, Mikio Ejima

【日時】 平成29年7月16日(日曜日)開場13時30分 開演14時  【会場】 早島町町民総合会館「ゆるびの舎」文化ホール 「ゆるびの舎文化ホール」早島町/岡山
日時7月 16日 (日), 午後2時 ~ 午後4時
場所〒701-0303 岡山県都窪郡早島町前潟370-1 (地図)
説明震災復興支援チャリティーコンサート 「アンサンブル早島サマーコンサート2017 in Yurubi」 

April, May and June

Toru made his Carnegie Hall debut on March 20,2017.  https://cdoorchestra.wordpress.com/

April 22@7pm at Buena Performing Arts Center, Sierra Vista, AZ: Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra Performance.  Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture, Bizet: L’Arlessiene Suite No.2, Tchaikovsky No.5.  Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-concert-tickets-31257634426

May 15@7pm at Canyon del Oro High School, Auditorium 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley.

June 3@3pm at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street. Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters XI. Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Jose Leonardi Moore, Violin, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6