'Osawatomie' sight-read by Tom Brier

One of my compositions from 2006, "Osawatomie" is in the "Indian Intermezzo" style that was popular during the early 20th century right alongside ragtime.

Here, Tom Brier is looking at the music for the very first time. The second strain is a bit difficult to sight-read, so there's a couple pauses and mis-reads at first, but he gets it eventually.

As usual, even reading a score for the very first time, Tom is able to fill out and embellish wonderfully.

As for the title: Many Indian Intermezzi were named after towns in Kansas, starting with the first one, "Hiawatha" (which actually was supposed to sound like trains -- not "Native" American drums). Many of my ragtime friends have composed an Indian Intermezzo, so I had been wanting to also, and when the company I work for received an order from someone in Osawatomie, Kansas, I read it as "Oh, so what o' me?" and thought that was perfect for my thinking that I needed to compose a tune of my own in this style.

This was recorded Sunday 19 November 2006 during the afterglow party following the 20th annual West Coast Ragtime Festival.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• o'dell
• indian
• intermezzo
• tom
• brier
• sightread

[Jamie184]

That is an awesome composition.. He is an amazing sight reader :O OMG!

[Keeper1st]

He's the go-to guy whenever you've got something new or have an old piece of sheet music and you're wondering what it sounds like. I have several other videos with Tom in them, and you'll notice the sheet music or at least a lead sheet on the piano in most of them. He doesn't bother memorizing things, generally!

[Slavispa]

i like the delicacy at the beginning, then how it gradually branches out

[projectlxix]

Funny. I live in Osawatomie. hehe