practice makes perfect. if you survive.
Originally published 12 June 2007. Near the end of this piece, I talk about resisting change and...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Aug 31, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 1 |
Originally published 12 June 2007. Near the end of this piece, I talk about resisting change and...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Aug 27, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 5 |
Originally posted 31 May 2007: These students are the foundation of my enduring interest in...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Dec 20, 2017 | Being, Teaching & Learning | 2 |
I talk to lots of musicians in pain- if there’s one thing I’m grateful for after all...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Jan 8, 2016 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
Originally posted 9 January, 2008. This, and the next one, are two of the most popular posts on...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Jan 3, 2016 | Teaching & Learning | 1 |
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...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Feb 17, 2012 | Practice Guides, Teaching & Learning | 3 |
Designed to be affordable mini manuals for pieces commonly studied, practice guides are...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Dec 8, 2011 | Teaching & Learning | 9 |
Practice is good. Common sense tells us it’s necessary for progress and essential to...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Jul 14, 2011 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
If you keep up with me on Twittaw, you know I’ve become something of a swing dance addict....
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Jun 11, 2011 | Performing | 4 |
I still catch a case of the stomach-jumpies when I get on stage. Not all the time, but...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Apr 19, 2011 | Teaching & Learning | 9 |
Ryan Howard is a baseball powerhouse. He’s led the majors in things like slugging and home...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Mar 31, 2011 | Teaching & Learning | 1 |
Today, I got two emails. One, from someone I have known for a long time. Another, from someone I have never met before.Email #1:Hi again,I’m no avid reader of your blog but I do admit to checking it out from time to...
Read Moreby Emily Wright | Mar 11, 2011 | Teaching & Learning | 5 |
I was practicing yesterday and encountered, for the first time in a long while, the temptation to stop after the first 20 minutes. I’ve set about going through the Popper études and plowing roughshod through the repertoire...
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