The Minnesota Orchestra, a classical orchestra, commissions not one, but two “jazz” concertos in as many years. I like that. Composer and performer Evan Christopher’s music is steeped in the history and vocabulary of Bechet, Barney Bigard and other early…
Social Media for Musicians: So many ideas, so little time. Focus on your style and message
A quick search for social media for musicians brought up an array of good articles on the subject. Most are directed at rock bands, but should translate relatively easily to classical performers in most cases. Good music is good music,…
TempermentalMusician: Warning! Temperamental Alto Clarinetist!
TempermentalMusician: Warning! Temperamental Alto Clarinetist!: Zazzle.com Store. Now you know what to get all your grumpy, tempermental clarinetist friends for Christmas! They have mugs, t-shirts, mouse pads, key chains…
Social Media for Musicians: Introduction
The power of social media- The number of Facebook users has surged to half a billion, indicating that the power of social media is here to stay. Facebook reaches across the entire planet. If Facebook were a nation, its population…
Part III of Planning, Publicizing and Performing your own recital: the Spirit of Live Music
Photo credit- Lighthouse Strings Part III: The Spirit of Performing Live Music Extending your practice into your performance, an Alive Performance- We come now to the ending part of the process of planning, publicizing and performing your own recital. This…
Podcast Interview: Robert Poli, Pianist, Teacher and Author
This week’s podcast interview is with pianist Roberto Poli, whom I found via an article about his upcoming book here. (my post is here.) I was intrigued by something he is quoted as saying, “To understand music, one needs to…