Whether to Laugh or Cry
Two recent items published on-line by the League of American Orchestras reminded me of the importance of allowing music to speak for itself – to deliver its own message. The…
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Musician Humor
A few blog posts ago I let some of you in on ‘conductor humor.’ I say ‘some of you’ because there are undoubtedly ‘others of you’ who may have already…
Art for Life’s Sake
On the evening of Monday, April 8, 2013 cellist Yo-Yo Ma delivered the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He called…
You Can Go Home Again!
Members of the Paterson Music Project rehearsing for their April 20 performance. They say: “You can never go home again!” And this may be true. “Things change” and “you change.”…
Two Visits in Four Days
Maestro Maull with some of the campers and staff from Camp YDP, Paterson, New Jersey On Steve Hoffman Music Forums there’s an interesting conversation going on around the topic:…
You are like the music teacher I never had! I devour your lessons. Thank you! {Refering to chat video Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 1}