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,...
Post by Phillip Serna – www.phillipwserna.com ______________ My student Patrick Richards (has a fabulous project restoring amplifiers and bass guitars for low-income bass students http://www.myspace.com/thefreewheels & http://www.myspace.com/swimmermissing)...
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Northeastern Illinois bass teacher Greg Sarchet sent me a link to this video recently. I remember seeing an earlier incarnation of this a while ago, and this is an updated version with new statistics. I really like this...
Jerry Fuller directs the Chicago-area period instrument ensemble Ars Antigua in Chicago’s Quigley Chapel. Photos by Robert Osterlund __________________ The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s...
While strolling around campus recently, I couldn’t help noticing the sorry state of the exterior of the Music Administration Building on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. Being a graduate of this institution (B.M. 1998, M.M. 2000), it saddens me...
