Orchestra Musicians = Zoo Animals

Violinist Holly Mulcahy (who has suggested many a good cat video for this blog) wrote an excellent post on The Partial Observer about how a career as a professional orchestra musician can make one feel like a zoo animal. Holly has been a member of several professional...

Efficient practicing

IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic pianist Joshua Nemith put up a great post recently on his Cincinnati Pianist Blog about how to practice efficiently by organizing one’s work into 10 minute blocks. He elaborates on a post by Chris Foley (writer for the...

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music dean makes quick getaway

Joshua Nemith (pianist for the IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic) wrote a very interesting post recently on his Cincinnati Pianist Blog:It was announced earlier this week that CCM’s dean Doug Lowry has resigned from CCM and will move on to take the helm of dean...

Super Mario themes on bass (and flute)

Here’s a fun bass video featuring some low-end Super Mario themes:This video reminds me of a fantastic video from flutist Greg Patillo featuring some Mario music. I blogged about Greg and his project with my IRIS Orchestra colleague Eric Stephenson last...

Time for Three video

Here’s a video featuring the excellent group Time for Three. This bluegrass/classical trio played with the IRIS Orchestra in 2006, and it was a real pleasure to get to be on stage with them. You’ll be hearing Ranaan Meyer on bass along with violinists...