Bored in rehearsal? Maybe its your fault
A post at Horn Talk includes an extensive quote from Verne Reynolds' Horn Handbook, pages 44-45
"Being bored in a large ensemble rehearsal says more...
Quote from Winston Churchill on Life and Living
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
In just about any relationship there is give and...
You Know More Than You Think
I am not a huge proponent of Freudian psychology but I do appreciate some aspects of Jungian theory.
For the unitiated, Carl Jung pioneered the...
Desert Dreams
Post Super Bowl thoughts while deserted
I had an unexpectantly long trip back from Tucson yesterday, due to the freeway between Phoenix and Tucson...
A Memory from High School
A newspaper clipping from years past.
Thanks to a Facebook friend from high school, I have this newspaper clipping from the early 1980's. It was...
Rethinking Creativity and Thoughts on Trying Softer
Where does it come from?
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love gives an inspirational talk about creativity in this embedded video from TED.
I particularly...
On Incentive and Reward
This video raises a number of questions in terms of incentive and personal drive in music education and in the music business in general.
While...
Mind the Gap
Interesting comments from Yo Mama .At the Butts in the Seats blog, the author writes about recent comments by Yo Yo Ma as televised...
Horn Camp Connect, and other thoughts one year into “The Year...
This past weekend I was honored to be featured for the monthly Horn Camp Connect session of the Kendall Betts Horn Camp. The video...
Music-Making and Personal Identity
In a previous article, I told the story of how I came to study with my mentor, Milan Yancich.
At the time I felt broken,...