Tag: humor
vintage SRCB, part 2: practice makes perfect, if you survive
Post originally published 12 June, 2007 I wish I could send my adult students to music school, if only just for a week. Not to be inspired by the hours and hours of practice or the tide of talent that floods the halls every...
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vintage SRCB, part 1: knowing the signs
Post originally published 28 April, 2009. Does this sound like you or anyone you know?...
Read Moresmall change, big results 3: improving your practice as illustrated by Dr. Who
In the third installment of this series, I’m going to encourage you to do something fairly radical: pay much MUCH more attention to your bow during your practice. Favor it. Examine it. Look to it as the cause of 80% of...
Read Moresmall change, big results 2: improving your practice, as illustrated by English period drama
If we think about the relationship between you and your instrument as a romance, practice can be seen as courtship. You’re getting to know about the cello, finding out about yourself, and making your intentions known. You...
Read Moresmall change, big results: improving your practice, as illustrated by MXC
The goal of this series is to provide you with several small changes in approach, presented one at a time, that will streamline and improve your practice process, while also reminding you that MXC* was perhaps the only...
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holiday transition standoff, part 7: the verdict
Olivier and Sebastian: 2.5 hours of delicious community service. Happy Thanksgiving to all....
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holiday transition standoff, part 6: deliberation
In the basement, a rare inter-seasonal meeting of S.N.O.W (Society of Neat Ornaments,...
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Wearing disguises, Sebastian and Olivier make their move.
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The pumpkins seek the advice of the wise old wreath, who is rumored to have been on the stoop for a long time.
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Lucy finds a computer
Bless her furry grey heart: Lucy’s been trying to email you guys. While I’m gigging...
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questions from the Twitterverse, part 2.
Back for more, eh? Here are some additional questions from the Q&A...
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Sometimes the music looks back at you.
It’s been busy times in the stark raving life of your friendly neighborhood cellist. I...
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