It’s a vital piece of knowledge for the first-time concertgoer: don’t applaud in between movements, lest you suffer an angry glare from the snobby patron in front of you. But has it always been this way? Apparently not, as Greg Sandow reveals in a recent blog post. Beginning with the assertion that the average musician[…]
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Today is November 1st, 2012, a day that finds us Americans in a decidedly trying moment. On Tuesday, we will at last learn the verdict of an extraordinarily high-stakes presidential election, while the east coast still reels from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, a veritable superstorm that put the lives of thousands on an indefinite[…]
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Last Friday afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised to log onto CNN.com and find a feature photo of orchestral musicians in its upper righthand corner, linking to an extensive article entitled “Orchestral musicians fight to maintain ‘artistic excellence.’” While focusing primarily on the current plight of the Minnesota Orchestra, the article also included a substantive discussion[…]
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Should your biography begin with a listing of your college degrees or a reference to your weekend pasttimes? The latter anecdote might actually be a better choice, according to violinist and performance psychologist Noa Kogeyama. In a recent blog post on his popular website, The Bulletproof Musician, Kogeyama describes how a cleverly written bio he[…]
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You’ve really got to hand it to Mark Zuckerberg. With nothing but his computer, some beer, and an algorithm scrawled across the window of his Harvard dorm room (if the movie, “The Social Network,” is to be believed), the then-nineteen-year-old technological whiz kid created Facebook, one of the most significant inventions in modern history. True,[…]
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Last week, I posted a refutation to the idea that classical music–or more specifically, the symphony orchestra–is no longer a relevant art form in contemporary culture, and pointed to the growing entrepreneurial musicianship movement as a solution to many of its current problems, such as dwindling audiences and unstable financial situations. This week, I am[…]
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“The era of the symphony orchestra is done.” So begins Michelle Jones’s recent post on violinist.com, the latest addition to a slew of articles by various musicians and critics predicting the symphony orchestra’s impending demise. Like many college music students, I feel an uncomfortable gnawing of dread whenever one of these types of articles pops[…]
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In this article, cellist Zachary Preucil presents a convincing case for the integration of technology in classical music. Preucil and those he interviews are careful to point out that technology will not replace the wonderful live music experiences that we all love, but rather provide myriad opportunities for innovation and improvement of what we do. Enjoy this thought provoking read!
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