questions from the Twitterverse, part 2.
Back for more, eh? Here are some additional questions from the Q&A on Twitter: @CatePolacek asks: Oh, oh, can you explain the false string thing? I’ve yet to change mine, but your recent experiences are making me nervous. A “false” string happens when you play an open string and the […]
Sometimes the music looks back at you.
It’s been busy times in the stark raving life of your friendly neighborhood cellist. I suspect this will be one of the last blogs at this address: the whole shebang is going to move over to my big site. But more on that later. I’m relishing the end of the school year by practicing like […]
Untold inner monologues of great composers
Eyedrop Failpocalypse.
The contents of my cupboard vs. an intruder
I woke up this morning, certain there was an intruder in the house. Lucy D. WonderCat had the big eyes, and I could hear what sounded like someone rifling through the contents of my toilette in the adjoining bathroom. I was momentarily paralyzed by fear, but soon recovered my wits and was proceeding towards the […]
Auditioning, “Oops” edition.
The audition pieces are chosen for very specific reasons. They want to see you hold down a sense of time when rushing is what feels good, they want to see huge flexibility in dynamic range, tone quality and color, intonation, and of course: chops. When I start to work on something that is intended to […]
Stoked.
Ed: Now with more soundy sound!
The top 10 lamest excuses I have ever heard for canceling a lesson or quitting altogether (now with retorts!)
10) It’s too hot. You don’t say! We live in the desert, in case you hadn’t noticed. 9) I’m, er…sick. (on the phone, with festive sounds in the background) You will be after the 7 vodka tonics you’re in the middle of ingesting. 8) I can’t find a parking space. Me neither. 7) Day after […]
A close call
Dear Friends, I lead a very good life. I would generally say that I am upbeat, resilient, and able to cope with the painful and stressful stimuli that present themselves to me from time to time. That is, until yesterday. You see, yesterday held in store for me something so awful, such a betrayal of […]