We’ve gotten some really fantastic comments on last week’s post about discouraging professional performance ambitions in music education students–this post obviously struck a chord with many readers. You can check out all of the comments on...
This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode gets more in-depth with the French bow hold, featuring many exercises and close-ups of Andy’s bow hand and arm in...
CSO Bass Blog author (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Michael Hovnanian has been checking in regularly on his blog, sharing what he’s been up to on the Chicago Symphony’s European tour this fall. Here’s what has gone up so far. Check...
My good friend and fellow blogger Josh Nemith (also the pianist for the IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic, and formerly of the New World Symphony) just got featured on Chris Foley’s Pagecast of Classical Music Blogs. I found out about this through a...
I was flabbergasted today during a discussion in one of my teacher certification courses when the course instructor suggested…well, actually, the instructor flat out told this class of music education students that it was unwise and unrealistic to expect to be...
