The year is finally winding down. Haydn Creation last week. Opera Gala this week. Now it's just juries and tour (Cuba this year). I really love this time. The pressure is finally starting to dissipate. It's not that I'm less busy; There are still plenty of juries, recitals, meetings, and projects to complete. It's just that […]
Touching Performance
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Retirement
Awhile back I wrote a post about the dos and don’ts of leaving a conducting or music teaching job. Some interesting discussion was generated from that post, and I think some good things came out of it. The main conclusion I came to was that leaving a job is not a passive endeavor. One must […]
The Joy of Sight Reading
One of my former students, a soprano, asked me if she could sing alto on Haydn Creation. I asked her why, and she said that she wanted a challenge because she loved sight reading! I’ve heard a few singers say this before (I am not one), and I thought it was a subject matter worth […]
Not Too Bad for a “Young Conductor”
Amazing!