Archive for the 'learning' Category
Musicians at Work Forum – Booking Your Band
Yazan: Jason | 21 April 2011 | No Comments
Categories: learning
I was a panelist for one of these events a couple years ago (audio of the event in which I participated available here): Booking your Band May 9, 2011 Forum will start at 6PM and will take place in the Washington room on the 5th floor of the Chicago Cultural Center Learn how to get [...]
Bernstein explains Beethoven’s Fifth
Yazan: Jason | 28 March 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: learning
Here’s a link to the classic Omnibus film of Leonard Bernstein explaining Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, using discarded ideas from Beethoven’s notebooks to show his though process. A classic well worth checking out.
Chamber Music and the Bassist, Part I: The Great Chamber Music Search
Yazan: Jeremy Kurtz-Harris | 18 January 2010 | 8 Comments
Categories: bass, chamber music, learning
As a bassist, I have always taken advantage of all opportunities I find to play chamber music. Unfortunately, these opportunities have seemed to be exceedingly rare–at least, compared to those of my upper-string-playing friends and colleagues. The list of pieces I was familiar with during undergrad was short: Schubert “Trout” Quintet, Dvorak Quintet, Prokofiev Quintet, several modern pieces by Jon Deak and David Anderson, and maybe a handful of other pieces I’d heard about. I’ve found more pieces throughout the years, but the list never seemed long enough to fill up a lifetime of music making. Recently, I have become inspired to search more carefully for pieces, and have already turned up much more than I imagined was out there.
Why teens don’t listen to classical music
Yazan: Jason | 03 September 2009 | 23 Comments
Categories: education, learning
I wrote this essay for school earlier this year. I had to take (drum roll) Basic Writing at my local community college in order to get my teaching certificate (yes–I also see the irony). Anyway, here it is. Do I actually believe all this? It’s certainly debatable–after all, I was a teen who loved classical [...]
A Student’s Guide to Learning a New Piece
Yazan: petertambroni | 31 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: learning, Peter Tambroni, practicing
Happy New Year readers! Peter Tambroni here, from MostlyBass.com. As the new year rolls around I’m beginning to plan for my school’s annual solo festival. I’m always looking to improve the quality of my student’s playing as well as their learning and how they learn their solo. I make practice CDs for them with their [...]
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