OnCampus Blog: Page 8

This past weekend, I had the unique opportunity to experience two very different concerts on two consecutive evenings–and both took place in the same venue, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The featured groups were the innovative cello rock band (yes, you read that right) Break of Reality, performing everything from Bach 6 to hardcore heavy […]

It was the spring of my seventh grade year, and I was preparing for my junior high’s upcoming production of “Groovy,” a musical for middle schoolers set in the 1960s. I had auditioned for the lead role (a hippie named Travis who attempts to coordinate a Woodstock-esque carnival), but the fates had apparently not been […]

Last week, the League of American Orchestras announced the newly created, two-year Emerging Leaders Program, along with the program’s first class of seven young orchestra administrators. The League says that the Emerging Leaders Program will offer strong peer network-building opportunities, including frequent in-person meetings at the League’s New York City offices; the chance to jointly […]

An interview with Heather Yarmel about auditions and life as a principal flutist.

Links to an article of interest about long-term cognitive benefits of music.

The other morning, I found myself in the crowded supermarket that is Rochester, New York’s flagship Wegmans. I had only limited time to procure my grocery supply for the week, and after filling my cart with lots of organic goodies, I headed to the check-out lines. Choosing a line at Wegmans is not a task […]

The afternoon of Friday, November 15th, found many tech-savvy musicians in a state of despair. IMSLP.org, the acclaimed online music library, was down–and rumors were swirling that it was gone for good. These missives of misinformation were primarily fueled by the sharing of an open letter from IMSLP’s founder, detailing how he had been forced to […]

With more and more musicians entering the blogosphere, the resulting quantity of practice-related posts is hardly surprising–I’ve lost count of the number of blogs I’ve read containing advice on how to make one’s practicing more effective and inspiring, or how to simply summon the motivation to take the instrument out of the case in the […]

An interview with Alice Kanack on music education, music cognition, and running a community music school.