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More from Daniel Coyle:  Tip #50 – Cultivate Your Grit   “Grit is that mix of passion, perserverance, and self-discipline that keeps us moving forward in spite of obstacles. It’s not flashy and that’s precisely the point. In a world in which we’re frequentlly distracted by sparkly displays of skill, grit makes the difference in […]

The academic year is – thankfully – drawing to a close; for some fortunate folks 2014-15 is already in the history books.  The next few weeks will provide a welcome change of pace and a respite from the daily grind.   Before you lose yourself to travel, summer employment, or a well-deserved collapse, may we […]

Over the history of computer notation programs, the methods for getting music into the machine have stayed largely the same: use the computer keyboard and mouse, play notes live on a MIDI keyboard, or combine these methods using a program's favorite shortcuts. Anyone who spends enough time in notation software will eventually develop some fluency […]

In this brief interest session excerpt, famed conductor Christopher Hogwood (d. 2014) shares his thoughts about the value of live choral performance by amateur the choristers.      

A WORD FROM YOUR ACCOMPANIST by Benjamin Amenta          As an adolescent in high school who enjoyed playing solo piano, I was somewhat of a star. Pianists sometimes get to be stars too, you know.  In world class solo piano, some of the brightest were Franz Liszt and Clara Wieck Schumann in the nineteenth […]

FIVE FROM THE FOLDER: MS/JH TENOR-BASS CHOIRS by Nathan Dame   1.  “Courage Lives.”  Mark Patterson.  Heritage/Lorenz 15/2089H. TTB, with piano.  One of my guys’ all-time favorites.  High tessitura and moderately difficult, but the singers “man up” for this one.   2.  “Come Travel with Me.”  Scott Farthing.  Walton/Hal Leonard  HL08501432. TTB, with piano.  A […]