Just got home from a ridiculous drop in temperature – from 52 degrees to 15 degrees! # Watching Little Miss Sunshine with Courtney. # Doing some work in the home office before heading out for a double rehearsal with the Elgin Symphony. # We’re back to...
On An Overgrown Path: Free music – so what’s new? Pliable discusses the merits of giving away free classical music when prices for recordings (at least in the UK) are already so low. (tags: overgrown path classical music blog download) The Life Cycle of a...
I’ve written several times on this blog about both why I teach music and reasons why one might choose music teaching as a career. I’ve also wrestled with misconceptions across the performer/educator divide, finding myself alternately surprised, shocked,...
Watching the Simpsons with Courtney and trying to get sleepy – early morning tomorrow. # Taking a micro-break in the middle of a very busy day. Lately, I’m alternating between tons of activity & no activity each for day. #
Goodbye, Columbus Symphony Norman Lebrecht writes: “A colleague in Columbus, Ohio, has alerted me to a local downturn. The city is planning to shrink its symphony orchestra into a chamber ensemble, abolishing 22 positions and cutting the concert season by half....
