The HAMS Competition will be held this year in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 3rd at 3 pm in the DePaul Concert Hall. Admission is free for this concert.Their recent announcement states: The HAMS Competition draws top string talent ages 16 through 26 from around the world....
I have been using Google Book Search nearly every day since it was launched. Google is attempting to accomplish with printed text what they have done with the internet, which is to have every bit of information available at one’s fingertips. They still have a...
There is a very famous documentary from 1969 called “The Trout” featuring a group of legendary musicians assembling and performing Schubert’s famous quintet.The musicians featured are:Daniel Barenboim, pianoItzhak Perlman, violinPinchas Zuckerman,...
This is an older article from Polyphonic.org, but it is illuminating reading for those thinking about a career in music or those wishing to understand the life of a professional musician. Douglas Fisher makes some great points here. The article reads:Among the highly...
Michael Hovnanian of the Chicago Symphony recently started a bass blog. Michael was my teacher at Northwestern University for my undergraduate and graduate degrees, and it is really great to see him start a blog! I just added his blog to my Blogroll in the sidebar of...
