We hope that folks enjoyed this past weekend’s first installment of our Contrabass Conversations feature on Peter Seymour and his kickin’ new trio Project. We’ll be featuring the rest of this interview plus more from Project in the next few...
The Powers That Be Have Been Informed – Our Young People Continue to Wait for a 21st C. Education Worthy of Their Attention Great post from one of the pioneers in educational podcasting. (tags: mark gura education podcast teachers) Part II: Music Major/Career...
Merry Christmas – Honolulu update Patty from oboeinsight blogs about the Honolulu Symphony missing their payroll. The musicians there seem to be taking it all in stride, however. (tags: honolulu symphony oboeinsight oboe classical music blog) Atonality’s...
As I started to drive up to Milwaukee to begin my annual Nutcracker run, something suddenly struck me–I hadn’t left the state of Illinois since the summer! In fact, the furthest I’d wandered the whole fall was to take a few trips to Elgin, just 35...
You’ve just gotta love this profession. No matter how many roadblocks get tossed in their path, musicians always seem to find a way around them, taking things in stride and laughing about it later with each other over either coffee or beer (depending on the...
