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 [...]
Today we did a dry run of the Nas and Sørensen for rep class. Rep class is a weekly meeting of the music majors at the University of Richmond, where we just began our sixth year as ensemble in residence. It’s a great place for us to try out new pieces: nice hall, no press, [...]
It’s a beautifully sunny day in downtown Los Angeles. The birds are singing, a cool breeze blows through my window as I sip my morning coffee (Peet’s, to be sure) and gaze out from the penthouse guest suites at the Colburn School at the resplendent Disney Concert Hall. In a few minutes, I’ll head down [...]
