Image Credit Professor Carola Grindea – Telegraph. Professor Carola Grindea, who died on July 10 aged 95, was one of Britain’s most influential piano teachers, whose concern for the stress on players led her to found the International Society for…
What makes a great conductor? Columbus Symphony new Music Director, Jean-Marie Zeitouni
After a 2 year search, it was announced in September that the new music director of the Columbus Symphony would be Jean-Marie Zeitouni. (pronounced Zay-TOO-nee) I previously wrote about him HERE and also HERE and HERE. If you glance at…
Clarinet Tone Talk 9: Testing Barrels -first phrase of Brahms Eb Sonata
This week I would like to indulge your ears once again in helping me gain perspective on my own tone. I tested several barrels, playing the first phrase of the Brahms Eb clarinet Sonata. (which is a good test for…
“Orchestra-land has a future, but it should not look like 1960”-
Excellent quote sent to me by a musician friend- Today’s players have to examine, with some urgency, new and expanded ways to connect to their communities. No one could have foreseen the changes in technology and demographics that have developed…
Rhythmic or Dance Awareness – 6th in Series 7 Musical Intelligences
Rhythmic Intelligence – Part 6 of the Series on 7 Musical Intelligences. “The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time, painting and architecture in space. But the dance lives at once in time and…
Clarinet Tone Talk 8: Weber Quintet
One of my favorite pieces for clarinet is the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings by Karl Maria von Weber. According to string players, it’s boring for them compared to the Mozart and Brahms quintets. But the clarinet part is genius.…