And thus began our most recent master class as part of our Meadows Prize residency at SMU. We came up with this idea a few weeks ago and decided to try it out for the first time here. I began the exercise by asking the assembled Chamber Music Class the above question, called on volunteers [...]
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How loud is loud?
At Music10 this past June, one of the conversations that seemed to keep going from day to day and among many different groups of people was a discussion about the meaning of dynamics. We may know what the Italian words forte and piano technically mean, but how do performers interpret them on their instruments? How [...]
Top Ten
It’s the time of year for top ten lists, so I thought I’d give one a shot. Here are my top ten moments of 2009. Most are 8bb-related (this is our blog, after all!) but not all. But the two that aren’t I couldn’t have done without 8bb granting me those opportunities, so it seems [...]
