A Note to Me: D.C.
August 21, 2014What I Would Tell My Younger Self… As a university professor, I often tell my studio stories from my student days in order to make a point about something, usually practicing! I have been thinking about this topic quite a bit this summer, as the new performing/academic year is fast approaching. This is certainly not […]
Ranking Music Schools: What's Wrong with This Picture?
August 18, 2014This is the second post in our August Guest Blog Series! Barbra Weidlein is co-founder and director of MajoringInMusic.com, a website for prospective music and current music majors, parents, and music educators. A little over a month ago, an article popped up on USA Today College Online, about a new ranking of the “top 10″ […]
Back to School Challenge
August 22, 2011Here we are again, at the beginning of a new school year full of promise. Within a matter of weeks or days, urgent deadlines will start to emerge with ever increasing frequency. So before that inevitable, relentless chaos takes over life, I challenge y…