Thoughts on Composer Pronunciations

How do you pronounce Bach? Debussy? Schoenberg or Lutoslawski? Unless you met the composer, it is probably slightly different than I or someone else says it. We Americans tend to be very pretentious about our pronunciations. I’m all for accuracy and being...

Student & Teacher Resource

Hi everyone! Pete Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. I wanted to let you all know that MostlyBass.com has been updated to include much more information for students and educators – both music teachers and classroom educators. I’ve been a music teacher and...

Zen & Music Education

This is a post from double bassist and music educator Peter Tambroni. Peter is currently a string teacher in suburban Chicago where he teaches string lessons in grades 3 – 8 and conduct the middle school concert and chamber orchestras. He also leads an Irish...