“The National Symphony Orchestra is trying an experiment. It’s tweeting Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, Thursday night [July 30] at Wolf Trap.” More at the following link- Top News Washington Post The orchestra will use the micro-blogging site Twitter to send text…
Thoughts on freedom and perfection in practicing
Will Roesch started a small group discussion on Facebook where he posted the query: What’s the next step to get beyond good enough? is it as simple as devoting more time to my instrument? Or is a new approach to…
Update on Columbus Symphony lack of Stimulus funds
An anonymous commenter sent this link (search results of Columbus Symphony NEA grants) listing all NEA grants recently given to the Columbus Symphony and related arts organizations in the Columbus area. The Columbus Symphony definitely got NEA funding, as recently…
To Email Subscribers
Email delivery does not contain the videos posted, and these may be critical to enjoy the content of the post. To see the videos, please click through to the original post. (just click the title of the post in your…
Teaching Rachmaninoff Symphony 2, slow movt.
Below are several videos, parts of a coaching I gave to Stephen Savage, a former High School student of mine, who will be a sophomore at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music next year. I have excerpted 4 parts of this hour…
Why Columbus Symphony NOT on list of arts stimulus funds?
FY 2009 Grant Awards: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Why is the Columbus Symphony not listed as recipient of stimulus funds? Did our administration even apply for the well publicized money? Goodness knows we need it. After our drastic pay…