Buon giorno!
I cannot paint very well, except houses.
I began serious study as a tenor trombonist in elementary school, and a tuba player in high school. I played tuba with the Seattle Youth Symphony and with the 1976 Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, winning 3rd place in the Washington competition. Additionally, I played contra bass bugle for the Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, and played tenor trombone soloist for a private labor recording of Mozart's "Requiem".
I began classical, bel canto training as a tenor some time ago. Since then, I have "moonlighted" as a tenor section leader for various small and large church choirs, and was tenor soloist for private labor recordings for Beethoven's "Mass in C Minor". Additionally, I sang in the tenor section for a rendition of Mozart's "Requiem" for the 15th anniversary of 9/11 at St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY. This was recorded, but presently unavailable due to copyright reasons.
Additional work and training was with Robert McFerrin, Sr, William Warfield, and intensive singing instruction on the Classica and African-American spirituals, a school of music that conveys the meaning of Classical music and the spiritual, insisting that the voice is actually the service of the idea.
Classical music is a language, when performed according to Classical principles and not "look at me on stage" principles, that conveys profound and scientific principles about humankind's relationship to the universe. It often helps in producing engineering studies worth the reading.
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John C. Smith, PE, MSCE, M-ASCE
Geotechnical Engineer
gauss2025@...(904)716-1214
Jacksonville, FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-14-2020 11:14 AM
From: Heidi Wallace
Subject: The ART of Engineering
A recent post and this thread from last summer sparked my interest in seeing examples of art created by my fellow engineers and AEC industry professionals.
If you have a creative hobby (sketching, painting, sculpting, model building, woodworking, etc), would you share a couple photos with us?
I think there is often a misconception that engineers are predominantly technical and analytical but not artistically gifted. Let's change that!
(You can add an image to a post using the "Insert/Edit Image" icon that is 4th from the left on the bottom row of the format ribbon)
Here are a few recent watercolors I have painted to get us started:
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Heidi Wallace EI,P.E.,M.ASCE
P.E.
Tulsa OK
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