How to Know Who’s Right
One of the most frustrating things about studying music is hearing such completely different advice from so many different people. Your private teacher will tell… Read More »How to Know Who’s Right
One of the most frustrating things about studying music is hearing such completely different advice from so many different people. Your private teacher will tell… Read More »How to Know Who’s Right
As someone who grew up in a very musical family, I have always been aware that practicing is something that musicians need to constantly do… Read More »What Practicing Is Really All About
As I sit here watching yet another winter storm unleash its snowy furry, I decided to peruse some online brass pedagogy forums. After reading countless… Read More »Is More Resonance Always a Good Thing?
I would like to devote my first blog of 2014 to something which touches nearly everyone in the arts: feedback. Some musicians seem very content… Read More »The Art of Criticism
’Tis the time of year when many of my students, friends, and colleagues are preparing audition recordings for auditions, schools, competitions, and festivals. The whole… Read More »Strategies and Pitfalls for Recording Successfully
After taking a month off from blogging, I would like to devote this month’s post to the topic of musical collaboration. Many of us spend… Read More »The Art of Leading and Following
Having spent the better part of the past year working on my doctoral dissertation, I’ve become obsessed with the subtleties of language. Word choices I… Read More »The Power of Language
As soon as many of us began taking music lessons, we were taught about the magic of consistent practice. Our teachers would play recordings of… Read More »The Virtues and Pitfalls of Consistency
When many people think about language, they conjure up images of language arts classes in school. They think about conjugating verbs, learning how to spell… Read More »Music, Language and Mind Control
Musicians are often taught to view time as merely an element of music. We might listen to a performance and say that someone has a… Read More »The Primacy of Time