Archive for the ‘Improvisation’ Category
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Composing: FAQ
30 Jul 2011[edited reprint of an earlier article] Why Compose? I’m a performer. Why should I? They once asked a world famous…
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Rhythm n Views from All Over
05 Jun 2011News, views, rhythm n blues gleaned from a quick blog tour… Pip Eastop (creative London superhornist) hates the harmonic minor…
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An Arkady in Public?
12 May 2011Follow-up to the previous Daily Arkady post. Normally, a Daily Arkady is a private affair – something just between you…
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Start Your Day with a D.A. (Daily Arkady)
15 Apr 2011Imagine that you were not allowed to speak unless you were quoting Socrates, Cicero, Aristotle, Winston Churchill, Lincoln, etc., not…
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The Blizzard of ’11: Good news for musicians
02 Feb 2011I’ve never seen snow like this, and I grew up in Minnesota. My actual driveway is only a suspicion. I…
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Holiday Musical Cheer
26 Dec 2010Overplayed or not, one of the most delightful aspects of the Christmastime holidays is the glorious music that floats everywhere.…
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Power (of) Play
11 Dec 2010The fact is, we don’t play our horns. We serious them. Although the Ur-roots of music making undoubtedly sprang from…
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New Visions of Music-Making
08 Jul 2010This post is a trope on the felicitous phrases “Re-Imagining the University Ensemble Experience” and “Re-Imagining the Music Degree Recital”…
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Winging it with Piet
10 Apr 2010Piet [pron. "peet"] Swerts is a Belgian composer/pianist who is a giant among composers for saxophone music, and our [i.e.…