I have begun to practice a daily warm up which goes as follows: 1- Sigh into the instrument with a soft embouchure, increasing the sigh speed and embouchure until an airy tone comes out. I start on a low C…
Michael Kaiser: A Fundamental Problem With Our Arts Ecology
via Michael Kaiser: A Fundamental Problem With Our Arts Ecology. Kaiser lays bare his experienced opinion regarding the problem with arts organizations in the US today, “the biggest problem we face in the arts is a lack of trained arts…
Does Music Transcend Politics? | Dilettante
Does Music Transcend Politics? | Dilettante. Good post from Dilettante Music blog, posing questions about the place and function of classical music in history and politics. Classical music both transcends politics and is also a product of history and politics,…
Anton Weinberg, on demise of true musical interpretation in classical training
Check out Anton Weinberg’s site. He’s got lots of great quotes about music and musicality. He responded to my post about the future of serious classical music on Facebook. Classical music is in the formative years of a death of…
The future of serious music | INDenverTimes.com
The future of serious music | INDenverTimes.com. Radio announcers often know little about what they are playing. More detailed and informative background of each piece would certainly help boost classical audience numbers. …it is baffling to me why they do…
White House could help classical music by having fun with it
via White House could help classical music by having fun with it. More innovative ideas for classical music: shorter concerts, crossover genres, popular classical names. I suggest that the White House dispense with classical music convention and start hosting shorter…