{"id":2,"date":"2010-10-30T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T22:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-07-13T14:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T21:23:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erinvang.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Vang\u00a0[Home]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s where to find more than you could possibly want to know about me:<\/p>\n<h2>Consulting<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalpragmatica.com\">Global Pragmatica LLC\u00ae<\/a> is a consultancy offering custom JMP scripting and facilitative leadership. I am Owner and Principal Pragmatist.<\/li>\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/erinvang\/\">LinkedIn profile<\/a> has the gory details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Classical music<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I am principal horn in the <a href=\"http:\/\/helenasymphony.org\">Helena Symphony Orchestra<\/a> in Montana.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a freelance orchestral horn player. I love the symphonic and operatic literature, as well as chamber orchestra, chamber music, and way out there modern music projects.<\/li>\n<li>I play horn (aka &#8220;french horn&#8221;) as well as Wagnertube. I can double on trumpet, fl\u00fcgelhorn, and tuba.<\/li>\n<li>I even play didgeridoo and shofar! (Yes, I know all the t&#8217;qiahs and sequences for Rosh HaShanah.)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m available for weddings, but memorial services and funerals are even better; I know, that might seem strange, but people have no trouble being joyous at weddings, with or without music, but musicians have a lot to offer in times of loss, and I consider a privilege to serve in this capacity. (Have you heard my <a href=\"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\">Kaddish<\/a>?)<\/li>\n<li>Alicia Telford and I own a matched set of historic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/erinvang.com\/?page_id=184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Wagnertuben<\/a> that are available for rental, with or without expert performers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kaddish collaboration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mira's academic site\" href=\"http:\/\/andthispartistrue.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mira Z. Amiras<\/a> and I \u00a0pursued a yearlong collaboration called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\">kaddish in two-part harmony<\/a>,&#8221; exploring themes of death and dying, mourning, ritual; the dynamics between text, music, composer, musician, listener; how a Kaddish changes during the year and a day of daily repetition dictated by Jewish bereavement tradition and by the rules of our engagement. Each day for a year and a day, I played Lev Kogan&#8217;s &#8220;Kaddish&#8221; for solo horn, recording it in one unedited take for a daily podcast. Each day Mira and others who choose to join our virtual minyan listen to the recording. We both write on a joint blog and in private exchanges, and at the end of the year, the whole enterprise makes a public appearance. Read more\u00a0here, join the minyan\u00a0here, follow us\u00a0here\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Personal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erinvang.com\/?page_id=179\">&#8220;So you think\u2026 [you want to remodel your kitchen]?&#8221;<\/a> is the blog I started in 2004 when my kitchen was torn down to the studs and I had to camp in my house while Jon turned it into a thing of great beauty and utility. Since 2004 I have been trying to prove that I deserved a better kitchen in the first place, so you&#8217;ll see lots of recipes. I&#8217;m also an orchestral horn player, a dance musician, an opera-goer, a political news junkie, a labrador retriever&#8217;s mom, three Siamese cats&#8217; mom, a home brewer, an amateur mixologist, a wimpy sea kayaker, a crossword addict, a Mac bigot, and so on, so there&#8217;s no telling what you might find here. In Montana I&#8217;ll be living outside city limits for the first time in my life, so this blog is likely to confront the messy and confusing realities of a city woman adapting to rural life, as I figure out how to live with things like a septic system, a \u00a0well, a propane tank, composting, hauling my own trash and recycling (in a state that doesn&#8217;t do nearly as much of it as California), and further perils I&#8217;ve yet to discover.<\/li>\n<li>I bore my friends with trivial musings having little or nothing to do with my professional lives on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erin.vang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. If you&#8217;ve met me in the real world and would like to join the inanity, please send me a friend request\u2014and if it&#8217;s been a while, I&#8217;d appreciate a hint. If you haven&#8217;t met me but still want to be Fbriends, then please include a note explaining why.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s where to find more than you could possibly want to know about me: Consulting Global Pragmatica LLC\u00ae is a consultancy offering custom JMP scripting and facilitative leadership. I am Owner and Principal Pragmatist. My LinkedIn profile has the gory details. Classical music I am principal horn in the Helena Symphony Orchestra in Montana. 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