Here is an interesting study from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation about how to involve young people in nonprofit arts organizations. This reading ties in well with my article Rethinking Music Performance Degrees:View publication: Youth Report.pdf About this...
I am putting the finishing touches on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. This week you will be hearing an interview with and music from jazz bassist Eric Hochberg. I think that you will really enjoy the episode, and I look forward to hearing listener...
We hit 1000 posts and sailed past earlier this month—an artificial landmark, perhaps, but it still makes me think about what has been developed so far and what is coming up in the future on the blog. Readership has mushroomed, the comments are pouring in, folks are...
Here is a short clip of bass soloist and recent Contrabass Conversations guest François Rabbath performing Le Cri during Recital Hour. This performance occurred a few days before François did the interview for Contrabass Conversations, and it is great to hear him play...
Drew McManus wrote a post recently about the benefits and drawbacks of brevity in concert programming. He has written on this subject in the past on his blog Adaptistration, and it is a very important and touchy subject. This particular post discusses the Chicago...
