A Steinway, A Yeti, A Mountain and Me

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The Alaskan Adventure of a Steinway B

This is taken from a newspaper notice last week and I thought it may be a fun thing to see some of the unique fun of springtime in Alaska.  I hope you enjoy!  Check out the short video

On Monday, April 18th we made a bit of history as Peter Halstead, classical pianist <http://www.pianistlost.com/peter-halstead/> and I set out with Keith & Deb Essex of Alpine Air, <http://www.alpineairalaska.com/  Mickey Houlihan of Wind Over the Earth Productions plus crew to fulfill Peter’s dream of performing piano upon one of the most remote wilderness peaks on earth. About 40 miles helicopter flight from Girdwood, Alaska we landed upon one of the most incredible sites I have ever seen about 6000 feet in altitude overlooking the Marcus-Baker glacier and icefield, thunder rolling through the mountains as avalanches broke loose in the spring sunshine, no wind at all and about 45 degrees. As the music began we all stood in awed silence listening in the grandest of amphitheaters. I will never forget that day. Peter will soon be releasing a music video of the project as well as a documentary on how we accomplished it. In the meantime I have put together a very amateur sketch of the event on video which you may watch just to the left of this column. (Below)

http://vimeo.com/22688655


I look forward to seeing the final video soon!

Just another look at the unique adventure of living in The Last Frontier.

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