Loose ligaments are what I have. Well, that’s no surprise to me, my thumbs are double-jointed and I’ve always been able to stretch my fingers back farther than most people. Apparently, though, these loose ligaments may make me more suseptible to repetitive strain injuries. Lucky me.
Anyway, it’s been interesting seeing a doctor […]
We’ve been rehearsing Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler (my hands keep trying to type Mahler!) for our upcoming Longwood Symphony concert, and now I’m in a total Hindemithy mood.
It’s funny, when I first started listening to Hindemith’s music, it tended to give me a headache (literally). It’s not that it’s atonal or really dissonant - […]
Yesterday, as I was driving to work, I turned on the radio and flipped stations until I found some nice-sounding chamber music on WGBH.
Wait, they’re quoting Auld Lang Syne! Not my favorite tune, but it’s interesting to hear it quoted in chamber music. I wonder what piece this is.
Then I some heard ascending […]
My hosting package includes one mailing list, so today I thought to myself, why not use it? It will save me from trying to remember which people have told me they’re interested in knowing when I have concerts coming up. And, if anyone gets sick of getting emails, they can easily unsubscribe themselves.
If […]
It’s amazing how much fun it can be to play under a really great conductor. What makes a great conductor? Well, maybe to a listener, it’s their interpretation, or their showmanship. But to me as a performer, these are the things that set apart a great conductor from an average one:
He (or […]
Flipping channels tonight, I came across a program on PBS called Operatunity (warning: don’t follow the link if you don’t want to spoil the surprise of who wins). Unfortunately, I didn’t see the beginning, and missed most of the end, but what I did see was quite as engrossing as American Idol, minus the […]