As a musician, how are you at speaking from the stage? Does your audience actually feel welcomed into the experience? And what specifically do you do to help listeners find their own relevant connections to the music you perform? To help, here is Speaking from the...
Masterclass teaching can be a terrific way to recruit new students and build your reputation. But only if it's done well. So how do you deliver effective and memorable masterclasses that truly resonate with student performers and audiences? To demystify all this, here...
Teaching Artist Skills for Musicians: these are the essentials we all need. If the term "teaching artist" is new to you, it means more than an a working musician who also teaches. It's someone who creates arts experiences that help audiences make their own meaning—who...
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...
