Performing
hours 3 through 6.
During my visit to Walter Reed, I ran into Chaplain Wayne Haddad, whose kind demeanor and conversation immediately put me at ease. I inquired if there might be some use for me, and within a week, I was signed up to play at the Navy Chaplains’ celebration. It was similar to the USMC Ball [...]
25 days left to go: meet Henri
I got so sick of waiting for the perfect time, ideal level of preparedness or whatever. Now you get to meet Henri. No cellos were harmed during the making of this video. More soon! Donate here, si’l vous plaît! Thank you to recent donors: Terry Gucwa* Michael Tuchman* Lisa Hanson Bartholow (again!) and [...]
a new performance venue: everywhere.
I’m not the only musician fostering a love/hate relationship with social media. The other day, I lamented that there was this constant pressure to provide evidence of work- and worth. There’s a lot to be curated: a web site, social media streams, interactions with power players, cultivating fans and collaborators, scheduling performances to give [...]
and now for a moment of hockey rage
Warning: Hockey content. Those of you who are regular readers can feel free to ignore this post or become rabid fans. Those of you who are visiting for the first time and are already hockey fans will surely be disappointed by the rest of the (dorky, dorky, dorky) contents of this blog. Thank you. The [...]
Read Morehours 3 through 6.
During my visit to Walter Reed, I ran into Chaplain Wayne Haddad, whose kind demeanor and conversation immediately put me at ease. I inquired if there might be some use for me, and within a week, I was signed up to play at the Navy Chaplains’ celebration. It was similar to the USMC Ball [...]
Read Moreyour source for “pro session musicians”
This, from my inbox. I laughed until my face hurt. At least it’s better than those folks in eastern Europe trying to get me to evangelize about their pricey and yet somehow cheap-looking cases. I am a Music composer. I write my music rhythmically. In other words I do the instruments vocally. I [...]
Read Morehours 1 and 2.
I spent the first two hours of my Henri campaign volunteer time at Walter Reed, being only moderately helpful as an assistant at an art show. The pieces were created by those in and around the Reed community who found solace in art during difficult times, mostly cancer treatment and surgery recovery. The works [...]
Read Morerewiring project
I’m always deeply touched by stories like this, (where thousands of people are getting together to make a kid’s wish come true)- and I think part of it is because much of my childhood involved dealing with lots of people coming together to do terrible things. I spent my formative years assuming that [...]
Read Morerefund
A few years ago, I wrote a post about reasons I would “fire” a student. As time passes, I’m discovering that there are as many ways for the student-teacher relationship to sour as there are for it to flourish. Student X This woman came to me as a complete beginner and showed much promise [...]
Read Moreon zeno, confidence and cashing out
I frequently implore my students to practice confidence. This means practice being confident, practice with confidence, practice staying confident. I’ve been thinking about the root causes of a confident mindset, and have come to the conclusion that it is largely unrelated to competence. Here, let me explain. Most of my students are really hard working. They [...]
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