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I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'

Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his energies to work and not imagine himself a martyr to art.

Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my services.

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands.

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire.

One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.

Doing a residency in any particular city requires a large repertoire to ensure repeat business.

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff, say, that Naked City has been working on. We have like a repertoire of sixty songs now.

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.

It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.

Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.