I think many musicians could take a hint from this piece of advice. Instead of trying to play music from every era you might want to specialize a bit? It’s really that simple. Narrow down what you do, and do it repeatedly. Learn, grow, improve, read, watch, do it some more. When you’re really good [...]
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Interview Jeffrey McFadden – Plucker Report
Check out this interview from the Plucker Report Blog
Adjudicating Guitar
A common question my students ask is what adjudicators consider when evaluating a performance? This is a complex question because of the nature of performing arts and ambiguity of something we can call “correct” or “incorrect”. Music is vague because it is highly interpretive. One performance may have high technical standards whereas another has high [...]
Matthew Hinsley – Reaching Out Part 2 | Guitar Salon
Partnerships have become an increasingly valuable way to reach new people, enhance programming, and expand boundaries. In part 1 of this series I reported on how we were able to launch a sold-out series of intimate concerts with wine and cheese receptions by partnering with Heritage Society of Austin, Antonelli’s Cheese Shop, and Twin Liquors [...]
Matt Hinsley – Reaching Out | Guitar Salon International
A nice guest post on Matthew Hinsley’s activities down in Austin. I’m very interested in his success in community outreach and community building. I’ve become very interested, however, in partnerships, in pushing traditional classical music boundaries, and in salon-style events. I suppose the goal is not just in reaching new, and more, people, but is [...]
Review of The New RCM Series: Bridges – A Comprehensive Guitar Series by the Royal Conservatory of Music
I went out and bought the entire collection of the new Bridges Guitar Series by the RCM. The price was very moderate making the series an excellent choice for the average student. Buy the books by following the links to Sheet Music Plus (Canada/USA/International). Overall Conclusion: The books look better in notation and design and [...]
What We Can Learn From Other Musicians « Nick Cutroneo’s Blog
Some of my students played today in the Collegium Concert at the Victoria Conservatory and having guitarists play next to string quartets and piano trios is just so good for them…See what Nick Cutroneo has to say about this…. I was actually very excited to work with the woodwind student, as everything that we would [...]
Lynn McGrath live concert (Video)
Lynn McGrath was just here in Victoria adjudicating my students and others in the Victoria Festival. She was great and really inspired the students here. Video streaming by Ustream If there is a google ad it ends quickly…sorry, I have no control over it…
Three Teaching Books for Beginner and Intermediate Students
Sometimes we all need to remember to really complete some work on solid methods. The first two I’ve listed here are not the most “fun” but they instill solid musical training. They need to be completed a little bit each day rather and bought, looked at for one week, and then shelved. Remember, it may take going [...]
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