Well, while perusing through BBC News today I found this article : "Hitting the high notes on Snowdon"
"Forget concert halls and theatres, a trio of cellists have scaled new heights to perform their music.
The three self-styled "extreme cellists" threw their heavy instruments over their back to scale Snowdon and then played together at the top.
It was the latest mountain in their challenge to play at the top of the highest peaks in the UK and Ireland.
Jeremy Dawson, Clare Wallace and James Rees are raising money for Mountain Rescue and a spinal injuries charity.
The trio - who are all amateur musicians - said they were inspired by the sport of extreme ironing, where adventurous people iron in remote and risky locations, such as on top of mountains and tall buildings.
They have previously played on top of every Anglican cathedral in England.
Mr Dawson, 32, from Sheffield, who by day is a university lecturer in statistics, said the climb to the top of Snowdon took just over three hours.
"It was a long slog but we were really lucky with the views - it was beautiful at the top," he said.
"Our cellos weigh about two stone (12.7 kg) each and we carry them on our backs like big ruck-sacs. It's hard work, especially going up the steep bits.
"But we've been in training, doing fitness work and taking our cellos up hills."
He said a few people joined them to walk to the top to listen to the music, but most walkers on the mountain were taken by surprise to hear live music being played 3,560ft (1,085m) up on Snowdon's summit.
"There were several dozen people on Snowdon listening to us - many of them were caught by surprise, which is nice," said Mr Dawson, who has been playing "extreme" music with school teachers Ms Wallace, 48, from Sheffield and Mr Rees, 28, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, since 2003.
The trio have so far raised over £3,000 from their mountain music challenge, which will be donated to the spinal cord injury charity, Aspire and mountain rescue organisations around the UK and Ireland."
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Please check this out:
http://www.moabmusicfest.org/
The whole idea is to combine masterful music with magnificent landscapes. I went one year and it really was as cool as it looks. A brilliant idea, really.
a. this post is awesome
b. that link is awesome--thanks amanda and thelms!
so, my not-so-secret greatest wish for the past ten years has been to take my violin to the alps and to play it there. but WOAH - three cellists, and a lovely cause - i don't know if there are any relatives of baboons on any uk summits, but that is seriously far and beyond out of africa.
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