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Posted by Ldrcats in orchestra spotlight
July 27, 2008 at 7:53 PM
This was a terrific article! As a 1978 Curtis graduate and a member of the National Symphony in DC, I found this very interesting and inspiring!
Orchestra Spotlight: The Philadelphia Orchestra (click to view in context)
Posted by pattiviola in articles
July 14, 2008 at 5:59 PM
many of the orchestras in which i play now have contract clauses specifying that the musician is required to provide his or her own practice facilities away from the employer's premises; i think this is supposed to help establish the "employer's convenience"
Article: Musicians and Home Office Tax Deductions (click to view in context)
Posted by Schmalenberger in articles
June 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Interesting perspective on how movie shoots are like rehearsing due to the repetition. What fun, and thanks for sharing the experience
Posted by LeslieAnn in articles
June 24, 2008 at 8:19 AM
Ann,
This is so cool. Thanks for the article and you go girl!!!!
Hope to see you this summer.
Hugs,
Leslie Ann
Posted by AnnDrinan in discussion panels
April 1, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Thanks, and I'm glad you've found the book helpful. It's great you've got a book project on the horizon! My advice would be:
1. Do your research: find out what's out there already and analyze it - what's good, what's great, what do you like and WHY; what don't you
like and WHY!
2. Talk to lots of teachers about the texts they use and why. Go outside your comfort zone - contact a bunch of Eastman alumni and network! You'll need all this research and input to help you offer a text that's useful to a wide range of folks. It will also allow you to speak with some authority on the topic.
3. Eventually, as you make a draft/proto-type of the book, you should have a few mentor teachers who will go over it with you and give you candid and constructive suggestions.
4. Remember: Most of writing is actually re-writing! It's about the process: discovery, learning, and honing a message. It's fascinating
but not a pursuit for the impatient.
My book, in the end, took a lot of years of work and revising and now I'm supposed to be working on a revised edition - so here we go again!
Best of luck with your project!
Angela
Posted by ewhobrey in discussion panels
March 31, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Thank you, Bridget, for this advice. As an internationally minded arts-oriented college student today, I have constantly realized how very important it is to think on a global level - to see how other cultures express themselves, and how that relates to the way we in turn express ourselves. By studying the "other" ways in which people make and live out art and music, I have found that the "other" is not that different than "self," and that fundamentally we have more in common than we may have supposed. Music is a universal language, and in delving into the stories everyone has to tell through the arts and music, one is essentially led to a better understanding of the world.
Posted by nbrevel in discussion panels
March 31, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Greetings Ms. Beeching from a graduating Eastman student! I have your "Beyond Talent" and what an incredibly well written and easy to understand piece of writing! I use it ALOT. Next year I will be writing a sort of etude book for violin/viola concentrating on rhythms/coordination of the hands. Any advice on how to start or who to get help from? Thank you!
Posted by AnnDrinan in discussion panels
March 31, 2008 at 4:54 PM
I'm enjoying reading all this! It's energizing and inspiring on many levels. The connecting threads I've noticed are:
1. the importance of saying "yes"!
2. having imagination
3. growing the vision/project over time - taking a long range view and celebrating incremental progress (Claire describes this very well)
4. finding mentors
5. a willingness to dive headlong into a project and learn as you go because schools don't provide all the necessary training (and can't)
6. dealing well with limitations - constraints spurring people on to interesting possibilities
7. taking care of business: finding methods to handle the practical issues of scheduling, finances, taxes and building these habits into one's routine
8. dealing with changes over time (new notation programs and options, changing family needs)
Best, Angela
Posted by yvonne in discussion panels
March 30, 2008 at 8:40 AM
I just got an email from ICE, Claire's organization. Here she is responding to our panel questions while 3 days from now she's playing several solos in the latest ICE production in NYC.
www.iceorg.org if you'd like to see the details.
Yvonne
Posted by yvonne in discussion panels
March 30, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Thanks for giving us the specifics of self-publishing, Chuck. Many of those steps wouldn't have occurred to me.
Yvonne
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