My contribution to the Take a Friend to Orchestra initiative is now posted, so folks can check out today’s post at Adaptistration (the excellent blog that Drew McManus authors) to read my thoughts on how to introduce classical music to a newbie.
Drew has been featuring a wide array essays from classical music figures in all niches of the business, including conductors, authors, critics, administrators, and orchestra musicians. Reading the various individual takes on this subject is quite interesting, and I’d urge people to check out all of the many offerings from these authors. A complete list of contributors is available at Drew’s blog here.
Folks who are visiting the blog from a link in Drew’s post could probably use a primer on what’s available on this blog, so here are some posts that you may want to consider checking out while you’re here:
- Road Warrior without an Expense Account Series – an analysis of the classical music biz from the perspective of a freelance musician
- Tainting the Academic Waters with Pay-Per-Student Teaching
- Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors
- My Car Caught Fire and Exploded!
Or, if you like stories about life as a freelance musician, check out some of my crazy gig stories:
- All Night Drives
- Angering Conductors 101 – Louisville Orchestra Story
- Careful What You Bring Into an Audition
- Freelancing + Snow = Pain
- Grant Park Symphony Audition Story
- Humorous Mistakes
- I Fly Plane!
- Jacketgate
- Massive Musical Disaster in the Nutcracker Pit
- Mr. Lame
- My Big Moment
- My Big Stupid Mouth
- My Car Caught Fire and Exploded!
- San Jose Symphony Audition Story
- Symphony on the Swamp
- They All Started Laughing at Me
- You Play Solo…I Dance!
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