A classic approach to music making: Aim of ‘dating service’ is for people to make beautiful music together | syracuse.com. This is a great idea. Amateur adult musicians abound, but most do not have viable outlets for playing with others.…
Columbus Symphony: Challenging times and hope – How the job of a performing musician must radically change
Columbus Symphony: As salaries drop, players look elsewhere | The Columbus Dispatch. In a well written article, Jeffry Sheban of the Columbus Dispatch considers the musician’s point of view in response to the drastic shrinking budget for the Columbus Symphony…
Clarinet Talk- Video: Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, Excerpts, Sitting in live with first clarinet
After 4 performances in two days, I’m cracked, nuts, that is. Here’s the best Monday morning clarinet talk I can offer. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, solos from clarinet part, David Itkin 1996 reduction, Columbus Symphony, Ohio, BalletMet Columbus production, Dec 2010. Waltz…
What is the meaning of music, especially classical music? What is its value?
Image Credit – Xavier Cortada What is the meaning of music? In a fascinating and well thought out analysis, blogger and classical musician Elissa Milne starts with the following quote from the definition proposed in the new Australian National Arts…
Breaking out of the glass box sequestering classical music
Jamming with the classical. Cellist Matt Haimovitz, who studied nothing but ancient classical music until he was in his 20s, was an early pioneer breaking through the barriers between classical music and other forms such as jazz and rock. Bach…
Clarinet Tone Talk: Mozart Concerto on Period Instrument, admirable, but not necessarily desireable
Clarinet tone has not changed so much in 200+ years, but the equipment surely has improved. The following single example defines the best of the period instrument recordings of the Mozart Concerto. Played on a faithful reproduction of a period…