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Archive for the 'advice' Category

How to Reduce Anxiety Before a Concert

Yazan: Jason | 23 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: advice, auditions, bass, education

The following article was contributed by Ryan Rivera, who has had five years of experience helping people with anxiety and related issues.  These tips should prove to be valuable for people preparing for auditions and performances.  Enjoy! How to Reduce Anxiety Before a Concert by Ryan Rivera Playing an instrument on stage is a lot [...]

The Art of Spontaneity – The Musician’s Way Blog

Yazan: Jason | 15 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: advice

        I always seem to find something of value on Gerald Klickstein’s Musician’s Way blog.  Check out the following post on practicing spontaneity–some “deep thoughts” nuggets for the beginning of the week: The Art of Spontaneity – The Musician’s Way Blog.

Auditioning Advice for High School Students

Yazan: Jason | 31 August 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: advice, auditions

I have spent the last decade plus preparing high school double bass students to audition for youth orchestras, competitions, All-State Orchestra, and college. A lot of my students have done very well in their auditions for these events, and I have always tried, through observing how my students do in these competitive situations, to refine [...]

Audition tips from Peter Lloyd

Yazan: Jason | 23 June 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: advice, auditions, bass

Here’s a PDF of a great interview between James Kjelland (Professor of String Pedagogy at Northwestern) and Peter Lloyd (the former instructor of double bass at Northwestern–now taking over as bass instructor for the Colburn School in Los Angeles) about the topic of auditioning. This is valuable advice that is worth adding to any music [...]

Robert Oppelt on John Adams

Yazan: Jason | 01 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: advice, auditions, bass

Robert Oppelt, who serves as Principal Bass of the National Symphony, just put out a new article on his excellent website about the bass solo in John Adams’ latest opera Dr. Atomic.  This work was commissioned and premiered by the Lyric Opera of Chicago (I’ve even got a photo of the Lyric Opera bass section [...]