This blog really nails it. I really like the part about the gold filter. Here is #6 on how to make it really big in the music world: 6. Taste: Taste is all-important. Three tenors are better than one. Ten tenors are better than three. And if you’re Irish, better yet – you’ll […]
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Sacred vs. Secular
The Recovering Choir Director brings us this distinction between sacred and secular: Can you tell the difference?? from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.
What is better – under rehearsed or over prepared?
Chris Rowbury deals with the positives and negatives of both approaches, under-rehearsed and over-prepared. Here’s a bit: if you worry away at something too much, your intellect gets in the way and stops you from doing it well. Rather like the amateur golfer who is asked to analyse their swing. As soon as […]
Mindsets in Learning
Richard Sparks finally returns to the blogosphere with this post on mindsets in learning: The basic premise is that there are two basic “mindsets” about learning (this came out of her research on how people cope with failure) and these affect profoundly how you lead your life: the fixed mindset sees tests and challenges as […]
No More Junk Food
Paul Carey, composer-blogger, calls it like he sees it in this rant against music publishing. He speaks against: 1. Formulas They hope we will consistently give them what they want (speaking in the choral publishing world for now, as that is what I do the most): a formulaic 3-4 minute piece, with an […]
New music by Rudi Tas
The Miserere for cello and choir by the Belgian composer Rudi Tas is a proven winner! His Salve Regina for Violin, Soprano, 3 choir soloists and SSAATTBB-choir is the successor! Of course you want to know more about this Salve Regina and other recent works by Rudi Tas. For free specimen pages please […]