Paint It Black Quartet, Orchestra "Classical Musicians That Rock" Classic Music That Rocks and more at WINTER PARK BRIDAL STROLL 2015

Paint It Black Quartet, Paint It Black Orchestra by Beautiful Music will be playing in the Conservatory at The Alfond Inn - with Jane Curtis McLean as a preferred partner of the venue since Grand Opening on February 8, 2015 from 12-4 pm. Chris Rottmayer will be joining us on piano at 3pm. Stop by and see Shannon for the deal of the day - for any event booking. Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, Michele Butler Events Weddings Unique Bella Collina-Weddings Stacy Sewell Arthur's Catering and Events many more, ILuv Winter Park, Winter Park Bridal Stroll, Winter Park-Maitland Observer, Park Avenue, Winter Park, Winter Park Farmer's Market, featuring Classical Musicians That Rock and more. Beautiful Music presents Caine & Co. and more. 

PAINT IT BLACK QUARTET PERFORMING AT CASA FELIZ - CLASSICAL MUSICIANS THAT ROCK! #ROCKSTRINGS #ROCKSTRINGQUARTET

Paint It Black Quartet a very exciting dimension of Beautiful Music - It has been a pleasure producing, developing and creating this special group over many years at the special request of many clients, planners and corporate clients.  Our performers are the top experts, highly educated professionals featured in Orlando Philharmonic, Walt Disney Orchestra, BSO and other fine ensembles throughout Florida.  Paint It Black Ensembles from Trio - Orchestra demands expertise to perfect this style of music. We play classical, but we also play Rock, Modern and more. We coined the phrase from Bach to the Beatles, Aerosmith to Zeppelin many years ago, we consider it a compliment to have been copied by many local groups, but our presentations stand alone with elegant, fun and sincere musical performances that translate to all age groups. Awarded Music latest National Award - 2014 KNOT AWARD BEST MUSIC.  
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Classical Musicians That Rock!  Rock String Quartet #RockStrings #ClassicalMusiciansThatRock!

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Event- Full Weekend from Start to Fine - Beautiful Music, Paint It Black Orchestra, Three Flutes Only - OPO with Norm Lewis May 22, 2014

Such a busy weekend, looks easy on paper, but it was a Event Full Weekend, with Paint It Black Orchestra at the 55th Winter Park Art Festival, a few weddings, and then a planning client meeting, then off to hear Norm Lewis with the Broadway Tenors Show with Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.  Concert at show went great - nice crowd and many many compliments from the crowd.  We rocked the stage in the most elegant way with Jerry Bravo, Laura Firth, Francis Gaete, Sacha Phelps, Beth Feeley and Shannon Caine.  The music was all modern and the crowd loves this unique combination of strings and flute! Paint it Black Orchestra dedicated song, With or Without you by U2, performed in tribute to his memory as they were a favorite band of his, Sean Patrick Duff.  Classical Musicians That Rock! Off to a lovely wedding with Paint It Black Trio  - where we played Let It Go from Disney Film Frozen Soundtrack for the Processional, and Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis - perfect choices for a perfect day.  Then another event with Paint It Black Trio in Windermere - all Modern music for this client too, another perfect event.  Back to Bob Carr to hear Broadway Tenor featuring Norm Lewis long time friend of my husband, and I - amazing person, talent with angelic voice, just named as Phantom - in Phantom of the Opera,  in the Upcoming Broadway NYC show to open in May 2014, First African-American to take this role.  Favorite songs from the Broadway Tenors, Bring Him Home, with standing ovation and all. With Many Friends I work and perform music with, Mary Bos, Julia Gessinger, Douglas Pritchard, Shona McFadyen, Maureen May, Sacha Phelps and many more.  Amazing job by all, go hear the OPO - if you haven't recently - very inspiring. Lot's of traffic jams, but all ended well for this very busy day for Beautiful Music.

KNOT AWARD 2014 BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, PAINT IT BLACK QUARTET, ORCHESTRA AND CAINE & CO. DANCE BAND

 Beautiful Music published in The Knot Magazine February 2014 - 2013 Best Weddings, for Dance Band and Ceremony Music, Paint It Black Quartet, with other notable winners Greenery Productions and many many other wonderful dream team associates. And a featured wedding for Katie and Tom at the Church Street Station with Puff N Stuff Catering team, cake by Party Flavors.,

Angela Moy and Daniel Scime Winter Wedding 2010

The wedding of Angela Moy and Daniel Scime was a wonderful mixture of vintage elements and classic details. Beautiful Music provided our bagpiper at the First United Methodist Church of Winter Park ceremony and our Caine & Company Dance Band and custom DJ at City Arts Factory downtown - with our Jazz Duo playing wonderful tunes in the Art gallery for cocktails. Their was a Chinese Lion Dance by Sifu Charles & Company and other special details by this wonderful event team. The lovely Tracy Marini fo Eventfully Yours as skillfully running the event. Cake by Party Flavors and Decor and Florals by Tommy of Greenery Productions is always perfect. The Bride and Groom were adorable and wonderful to work with for this amazing day in January 2010. Photos by the talented Rob Breter of Breter Photography - enjoy his work! Angela was beautiful any day but her Bridal look was perfected by LeJuene. Event team included Logan Entertainment DJ - fabulous friend of the couple. Many thanks to Angela for choosing us to provide the musical entertainment for her special day! Best Wishes always!

"An Afternoon with a Flutist Extraordinaire, Robin Etter" by Beautiful Music Orlando Flutist,Shannon Caine

Robin Etter is a wonderful flutist. I heard a CD by her years ago and it inspired me to make a goal of getting better on the flute and to work on my skills even more diligently. I put on my "bucket list" to audition for Walt Disney World.  I am now a Disney Fairytale Flutist for Disney Fairytale Weddings.  I also added to my "bucket list" to perform for  an orchestra concert with Robin Etter as Principal Flute, this was realized when I performed with Robin and my inaugural performances with the Walt Disney World Orchestra at The Candlelight Processional at EPCOT years ago. Which was another item on my "bucket list". Playing with Robin for Candlelight and events opened a new way of looking at the music - with a graceful refined approach to every single note and release. While keeping the sound pure and hauntingly unique with a voice quality. It was a surreal moment to say the least. We were booked together on a Three Flutes Only Concert Event in December 2009. Our combined sound for this flute trio event that evening was a truly amazing sound. This was the most unique and wonderful sound we had ever experienced with this trio and I know it was because of Robin and mixture of talent at the event. The trio was suited to each other in style, skill and sensitivity to the music changes with the custom songs arranged just for us by my staff arranger Jim Derrick (Trumpet performer at Disney World) with his magical ear and style, a sound like the Andrews Sisters to quote Robin. We were back the next year for a return engagement and once again the sound was palatable, you could almost reach out and touch it. Both events were very touching performances. After the event, Robin gave me a loaf of "homemade" Banana Bread and my Mom was there and said, You know Shannon thinks you are the Top Banana! not knowing what she had just handed me! It was a funny and serendipitous moment! I asked Robin to share via this Interview: "My Favorite Flutists Series"  she said, yes, even though she has been so busy year with her return to school at FSU and received her Master’s degree. She is now official research Librarian too.
Here are highlights from our chats and things she wanted to share for this project. I asked her to share her favorites, such as composer, song, memory and more. Enjoy! 

Afternoon with a Flutist, Interview with Robin Etter, 


Who is your favorite flutist? "I must admit is Sir James Galway, I just love his sound, it's so unique."  Robin, started piano at age 8 (still her first love) and continued through college with both piano and flute. Went to Interlachen in the summer during high school. Teachers: Robert Willoughby (Oberlin), the late Geoffrey Gilbert (London Symphony) and Tim Day (Baltimore Symphony), Kazuo Tokito (Philadelphia Orchestra), Toshiko Khono (National Symphony). Her Mother took her to her first orchestra concert with the Fairfax Symphony and they were performing "Afternoon of A Faun" by Debussy. It was an awakening!   

"I didn't even know what a flute was, but I wanted to add an instrument to the piano and my brother suggested I try the flute (he was listening to Jethro Tull "Aqualung" at the time). My Mom drove me to the music store that day and we rented a Gemeinhardt Flute. This was the 7th grade.  What is your favorite memory related to Music? My favorite memory- spending six months touring as concerto soloist with the American Wind symphony (aka "barge band"). It was a really talented group of recent college graduates. We toured all over the east coast and Mexico and stayed with host families - moving to a different city each week. I learned to cook during the month in Louisiana, and feel in love with Florida as well. The Florida Symphony was my first orchestra audition- it was 2nd flute. I was the youngest member of the orchestra for many years. Moving to Florida was like being transported to paradise. 

 Bio: Robin Etter, Professor of Flute, received her B.M. in flute performance form the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She is the professor of flute at Rollins college, in winter park, FL and is Principal flute with the Bach festival orchestra. She served as Principal flute with the Orlando Philharmonic from 1993-1997, was the associate Principal flute with the Florida symphony orchestra from 1984-1992 and has performed as principal flute with the Montovani orchestra, the palm beach ops, the 101 strings and the Walt Disney World orchestra, Ms. Etter performs chamber music with the Raintree Chamber Players, is an active recording artist in central Florida (including her solo CD " Afternoon of a Flute"(Essence Music) and is also the published author of "Suwannee Notes: A Musician's Journey." 

Overiew of the Book: Follow Etter, a flutist, and her husband, Scott, as they conquer the wilds of North Florida. The two restore an abandoned house along the banks of the historic Suwannee River, and along the way Robin finds a balance between her life as an urban classical musician and that of an outdoor “earth mother.” She skins catfish, snorkels with manatees, befriends a stray dog, battles squirrels, and slowly comes to terms with the “nitty-gritty” process of house renovation. She is now a research librarian as well and resides in Mount Dora with her family. 


I also asked Robin to share a funny story too.  "In the Northern Virginia Youth Symphony, we were playing Peter and the Wolf. We had a terrific guest conductor who, while rehearsing, would refer to each instrument as its character (Grandfather, the cat, etc.). In one rehearsal he kept asking me to being at letter A, or some such section, by saying “little bird, let’s start at letter A.” Finally, he put down his baton and said “I’m sorry. That’s silly. What is your real name?” When I replied “Robin” everyone cracked up and the nickname “little bird” stuck. Coincidentally, in college, my colleague Mark Sparks (Principal, St. Louis Symphony) started calling me “bird” and then the rest of the male flutists at Oberlin started calling me “bird” – I think because it was a less personal way of referring to a girl who was both a friend and a competitor."  

 Robin has now taken a sabbatical from Rollins position and Bach Festival to dedicate her time to a new career. She says, she is always looking forward, never in the rear view mirror, always trying to re-create herself. Indeed she has over and over. But, Always going back to Mozart for comfort! Her Solo CD is named "Afternoon of a Flute" one of the featured songs by Bill Holcombe, a jazz version of this classical masterpiece, a wonderful rendition of that classical piece that began her Journey in Music so long ago with an afternoon concert with her Mother.  

Here's a copy of a thank you note I sent to Robin after we played The Candlelight Processional together at EPCOT - Robin said, she was going to put this comment on her epitaph - really! It was such an honor to play in a performance I have wanted to be a part of for a long time with my favorite flutist. I have played with many players over the years – but have never encountered a player like you, elegant, and a master in an understated fashion. Indeed Robin is a Master Flutist. Photos used by Permission and material therein.  - c.2012BeautifulMusic.cc

2012 Beautiful Music Holiday Season Begins...Beautiful Music Jazz Trio and Paint It Black Quartet at Ritz Carlton

The Beautiful Music  2012 Holiday Season is off to a great Start our Jazz Trio will Return to the Ritz Carlton Venues for the Thanksgiving events and our Paint it Black Trio for Christmas Day! Watch for details about these events. Remember to call and book with Beautiful Music soon for your upcoming Convention or Event.