Archives for June 2015

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="1AO0AgOckT1BbZomwnxYx52Jd1FjnwYc"] Yes, wonderful things. I went to the DePauw University School of Music just after my happy time at the Savvy Musician in Action workshop, as described in my last post. I’d been invited to serve on the advisory committee for the school’s revolutionary new 21CM curriculum. DePauw — under the leadership of its visionary dean, Mark McCoy — is reimagining conservatory education, to educate true 21st century musicians. (Hence 21CM.) Students focus on entrepreneurship, get to know … [Read more...]

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="HbQysTDnm1NCLMqYQtFtuYTa1oqhLNN6"] Since my last post on the Dresden Music Festival, I’ve taken two of the best professional trips of my life, done stretches of solo parenting, and somehow pulled off the biggest project I’ve ever done, though this was a personal thing, not professional. And so I didn’t blog. No time! No mental space for it. But here I am back. The two trips — both fulfilling, exhilarating, so satisfying both professionally and personally — were to the Savvy Musician in Action … [Read more...]

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="4T90x2qOK9P037XQzxLsvAO7RRGsj3BS"] Continuing from my last post, about my visit to the Dresden Music Festival… I said I’d heard some terrific concerts. Start with this one: The Dresden Festival Orchestra, a group created by the Festival, playing Mendelssohn (The Hebrides), the Beethoven Violin Concerto, and the Schumann Second Symphony, Ivor Bolton conducting. (Link provided for my American readers, because he’s better known in Europe.) The first highlight there was the violin soloist, Isabelle Faust. I hope … [Read more...]