The poll results about the educational background of readers are in for last week, and here are the results: not yet in high school 2 (2%) high school 13 (15%) college undergraduate – non-music 8 (9%) college undergraduate – music 26 (30%) masters degree...
This week featured the second part of This Crazy Business, my new series about life as a working musician. Unlike Road Warrior Without an Expense Account (which is about being a freelance musician), this series is about life as a musician in general. If you’d...
This story was in the New York Times earlier this week:Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city’s Department of Education will require all schools to maintain arts programs, and that principals will be rated in their annual reviews on how well they...
A new poll will be launched on the blog every week on Monday. I like polls–it’s interesting to see what readers think or to learn more about their background through such devices, and the results actually help a lot to guide the blog into the future.This...
I spent this entire week in Wisconsin, first driving to Madison to play in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, then heading up to Milwaukee to play a yearly concert called Gathering On the Green about 20 miles north of Milwaukee. This kind of driving reminds me of what...