Category Archives: Professional Development
Flashback: Being Coachable
By Shane Griffin If there is one personality trait that differentiates amazing players from mediocre players, it’s the ability to be coached. Not only to receive the coaching and input, but to do something about it. And not only to
9 Pro Musician Rules to Follow
Over the past couple of years, we have discussed freelancing on the blog and on several podcasts, including this one with Tony Edwards. Today’s post comes from a good friend and co-founder of the Axel Clarke . On April 14,
Differentiation
The more I learn about sales, marketing, and branding, the more I’m thoroughly convinced about the importance of one concept being at the core of all of these endeavors: differentiation. Of course, there are many, many ideas, concepts, and skills
Last Call: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Timpani
For all of you who dream of being a member of one of the most elite orchestras in the world, your window of opportunity for the current timpani position is closing. Application materials need to be postmarked by today, May
Benjamin Zander on Music and Passion
Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership — and he’s been known to do both in a single performance.
Rehearsal Techniques for Front Ensembles
By Innovative Percussion website found with other great articles in the James Ancona is the Percussion Caption Head for The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and has many years’ experience as an arranger and instructor for DCI corps, including the
Notes on a Collaboration: The Making of Steve Mackey’s “It Is Time”
Adam Sliwinski has written a great article about collaboration and the development of Steve Mackey’s “It Is Time.” As the percussion repertoire continues to grow, the collaboration process becomes paramount in the development of great new works. What do you
Ira Glass on Creativity
Nothing fancy today. Just a fantastic quote regarding the creative process and our development as artists. “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it
Is SoundCloud.com becoming what MySpace was?
Most of our readers probably already know or have heard about SoundCloud.com. It is a community of musicians that includes an immense array of styles, in mostly smaller “niche” categories. I’ve noticed over the past year that many contemporary classical
Digital Media Marketing in the Arts
We’ve written before about the troubles many orchestras are having these days trying to re-capture their audience.
