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Welcome to BusRoads! |
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Welcome to BusRoads, a web site encompassing the talents and passions of Andrea Matthews and Brian Rockholt. Please enjoy the musical offerings, travel stories, and VW info shared in these pages.
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Performances is the place to find out about our various musical programs, including audio samples and audience quotes regarding Brian and Andrea's Native American flute and percussion concerts, educational programs called "Four Corners" - Native flute music inspired by the American Southwest. Music Stuff contains items for purchase including the Native American flute music book, CD recording, flute stand and audio samples of the "Four Corners" series. Our Travels is travel writings and photos from adventures all over the US in a yellow, 1974 VW bus named Herb. VW Experiences shares info and tells tales about VW buses. Related Links is a guide to other web sites that contain information which is related to BusRoads subjects. Contact Us shows you how to get in touch with Andrea and Brian. |
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Page Navigation Here are summaries of the different sections you may visit on the BusRoads site: |
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Meet the BusRoads Team Andrea and Brian are a married couple who founded BusRoads, a registered business for creating and promoting travel writing, musical compositions and related products. They both have degrees in music performance and education, which Brian followed with a career as a Music Specialist in the Navy before becoming a trumpet teacher and registrar at a community music school. Andrea applied her musical background to the marketing and operation of domestic and international concert tours for large amateur ensembles. The concept of "BusRoads" was born in 2002 when Brian and Andrea fulfilled a long-held ambition to travel around the US in their handsome, nicely restored VW bus. Departing from the Seattle, Washington area in the springtime, they rounded the states for more than a year, always preferring to aim their bus down the smaller highways (hence, busroads). One adventure sometimes leads to another, as was the case during this trip when Andrea, an accomplished flute player, picked up her first Native American-style wooden flute in Arizona. The instrument's enchanting sound inspired her to compose tunes throughout the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. The 24 tunes she wrote for places such as the Grand Canyon, Taos Pueblo and Mesa Verde are now published in book called "Four Corners". With Andrea on Native American flutes and Brian playing an assortment of percussion instruments, the couple recorded the pieces on CD and has performed numerous live concerts. Their lives now revolve around a combination of musical performances, further travels and the gradual improvement of their undeveloped acreage on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Stay tuned for updated adventures and offerings from BusRoads. |
