We musicians accept that there’s a certain amount of discomfort involved in playing our instruments. Whether it’s blisters for cellists doing a lot of pizzicato, repetitive motion stress for pianists, wrist problems for flutists, shoulder and neck pain for violinists, the list goes on and on. What we don’t quite accept is that this leads [...]
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meet the composers
Our recent composers competition required us to quickly become familiar with the works of three composers we had never played. We spent hours rehearsing and putting together their pieces, and while we did have some correspondence via email with them, we didn’t really know what they would be like in person. My curiosity got the better [...]
the upside of quitting?
I am not a quitter. Okay, that’s a lie. That’s what I want people to think of me. That’s what I’d like to think of myself. The truth is, I have immense shame about my lily-livered quitting nature. From a very young age, my mother has admonished me for quitting: “You always give up so [...]
