We got sucker-punched by the worst snow storm of the season this year, causing most of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to be one or two hours (!) late to our dress rehearsal. It took me 1 1/2 hours to go nine miles for one stretch, and three hours for the whole...
This is a guest post from bassist John Floeter – johnfloeterbassstudio.blogspot.com ____________ The Chicago Bass Ensemble will be performing in DeKalb at Northern Illinois University as the featured artists for the All-School Convocation at 11am on February...
Double bassist and classical music blogger John Grillo put out a recent post on his blog highlighting his upcoming performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto with Opera New Jersey. John writes: I look forward to playing Rigoletto again. This is my second time...
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,...
A Week in the Life is a brief series chronicling a quirky but nevertheless quite typical week in the life of a mid-tier freelance musician. Though the sort of wacky events I’ve described thus far undoubtedly happen in orchestras of all flavors, from the...
