Applause For Amateurs: Classical Music With Community Appeal – Blogcritics Music. This article reminds me of the deep pool of passionate and knowledgeable amateurs in the musical world, a pool which, if tapped effectively, can overflow into concert hall seats…
Improvising for the first time publically, in front of 7000 people.
It was a gorgeous night to play an outdoor concert. But the weather isn’t the only reason I am in a good mood right now. Tonight I challenged myself to improvise a little 12 bar solo in a simple boogie-blues…
How Gustav Mahler saved my life, and other reflections on the composer’s 150th birthday
Clef Notes: How Gustav Mahler saved my life, and other reflections on the composer’s 150th birthday – The Baltimore Sun’s classical music critic Tim Smith blogs about the sonic art, local and beyond – baltimoresun.com. Happy Birthday Mahler. Though I…
Musical Poem: Fugue of Images
Fugue, by Stephen Perry. From the collection Mixed Voices, Contemporary poems about Music, edited by Emilie Buchwald and Ruth Roston. This poem is not about music. It IS music; it is a fugue of images. The images repeat and develop.…
Boston- Roberto Poli – To really understand music, one needs to be more subjective.
MySouthEnd.com – Local news and entertainment for Boston’s Historic South End. The views expressed below match my own. I believe music interpretation can become overly intellectualized, and a recording or performance is often a mechanical and absolute reproduction, rather than…
Orchestra Brings Classical to Non-Classical Spaces | WBUR
Orchestra Brings Classical to Non-Classical Spaces | WBUR. The Philadelphia Orchestra used to perform in high school auditoriums all over the Philly area. Now, most orchestras only play in their hall, and the audience must come to them. Why not…