Welcome to teaching artist skills part 3—tools for solving the problem of what to say when speaking with audiences. (If you missed them, here are parts 1 and 2.) This past week I heard two terrific performances in Cambridge: the Escher String Quartet played at the...
MONDAY BYTES — June 1, 2015 How can we help audiences make more meaningful connections with the music we perform for them?What helps people find relevance in a new encounter with work? In a recent Sunday NewYork Times magazineI found this terrific item: a short...
MONDAY BYTES — August 25, 2014 My good friend Florrie reminded me recently that with "art music" concerts — just like the visual arts —not everyone "gets it." It's easy for musicians to lose sight of this, and to think that when it comes to appreciating music there's...
