To study Music is to study the Self ~ Shunryu Suzuki
Posted in Habits of Mind, Practice on Aug 9th, 2012
After a summer of relative blog quietude, the school year fast approaches – this year with the additional time pressure/terror from a summer more focused on moving into and fixing up a new home than on work. Inspired by Thoreau’s exhortation in Walden (originally from Confucius?) to “Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, […]
Posted in Conducting, Performance on Mar 25th, 2011
Once in a blue moon, if one is lucky, an artist gets to be a part of a project much larger than oneself that turns out to be an uplifting, even transcendent, experience that reverberates beyond one’s normal sphere. It is even more so when one can be involved in the creation of something for […]
Posted in Habits of Mind, Performance, Trombone on Nov 7th, 2010
There’s a lot of cross-talk in my life between music and sports, which I imagine is true for many musicians. The first Sunday in April is the first local road race of the season, the Rome Fort to Fort 10k run. This year I was excited for the new season, and even played some psych-up […]