I have had several people send me a link to the Washington Post story earlier this week about Joshua Bell busking at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C.For those who haven’t heard the story, the Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten (usually thought of as...
Drew McManus is in the midst of running a series of essays on his blog Adaptistration for the Take a Friend to Orchestra initiative. He is putting up a new essay each day for the month of April, and I urge readers to check these out. Drew has been running these essays...
Well, folks—jobs aren’t exactly falling off the trees these days, but what else is new? There are scant employment opportunities in this month’s International Musician outside of part-time work, but I’ll present you with what we’ve got anyway. Here goes: ____________...
I recently took a class (an undergraduate class that I had missed during my undergraduate schooling many years ago) in which any sort of technology was forbidden. We were not allowed to use laptops or voice recorders. This was a class which required both a great deal...
Here we have another excellent performance by the Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi. The lighting effects are pretty strange throughout this video, but the bass playing is excellent. Again, here is Vito’s description of what you are about to see:VITO LIUZZI plays live...
