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In the music industry, there are certain things that are known among musicians that the general public is mostly unaware of. For...

Years ago, at one of my first conducting workshops, the instructor asked me about other interests I had besides music. When my reply was...

Those of us in the performing arts are very familiar with long workdays as well as rehearsals and performances during the weekends. Our...

When going about our day, we are constantly communicating, sending a multitude of messages to those around us. Whether we are aware of it...

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Do you remember the early years of your music training, encountering the first time another musician gave you the impression that they...

Some of the exciting things about the music industry are fast-paced performance schedules, travel, and the opportunity to work with an...

Looking through the lens of high school students, the undergraduate years of college are often imagined as another four or five years of...

A few weeks ago, a brief conversation with a friend about 7,000 miles away sparked the impetus for this current blog entry. One of the...

If these past two pandemic years have reminded us of anything, it is that time is a luxury that can be interrupted at any moment. We get...