How We Mess Brass Players Up
I’ve been wanting to write a blog post on this topic for many years, but I was never sure exactly how I wanted to frame… Read More »How We Mess Brass Players Up
I’ve been wanting to write a blog post on this topic for many years, but I was never sure exactly how I wanted to frame… Read More »How We Mess Brass Players Up
In our attempt to improve our proficiency at playing a musical instrument (or any physical activity), there is a natural tendency to analyze what we… Read More »Kinesthetic Awareness
I rarely share personal information with this blog, but this month I wanted to wish congratulations to my mother. For those of you who don’t… Read More »The Power of Attention
I normally try to avoid blogging about career advice. The topic is already so widely covered across the internet, and most of the articles are… Read More »The Graduation Speech I Never Heard
Anyone who has studied education, business, parenting, or spent any significant time in a leadership role has probably come across the phrase “positive reinforcement.” For… Read More »Does Positive Reinforcement Really Work?
In the midst of digging out after this record-setting snowstorm, I was contemplating many of the pedagogical discussions I have either read about or participated… Read More »Playing Without Pain
With so much attention these days given to evaluating teachers, teaching methods and the education system as a whole, I wanted to devote this month’s… Read More »Ten Ways To Be a Better Student
Since as long as anyone can remember brass players have been trying to figure out ways to increase their range, play louder, and get around… Read More »What Everyone Needs to Know About Brass Instruments
As many of my friends and colleagues already know, I recently released my first solo recording. I wanted to devote this month’s blog to all… Read More »What I Learned from Recording Myself
As I was once told by a professor of mine, the tides of history always seem to wash everything with them. At the time he… Read More »Music Education in the Information Age