February 15, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: Deep thoughts, Entrepreneurship, Random
Random Monday: Enjoying President’s Day
- President’s Day
Since I am now gainfully employed at an institution of higher learning, today’s Random Monday was composed from the couch at home.
- New pedagogy blog
At Brass Pedagogy and Performance Practice, Roger Rocco is posting extended quotations from Arnold Jacobs (and others) and following them up with his own words.
- Shrinking audiences?
Alex Ross looks at the trends in generational participation in classical music. In previous generations, a spike in interest generally occurs in later to mid-life. However with the most recent Generation X crowd, this spike has yet to occur.
- Winter Olympic thoughts
My favorite competitions in the Olympics are without a doubt, the combined events. The athleticism on display in the Nordic combined and biathalon competitions for example, are great metaphors for the broad talent it takes to be a professional musician.It is not enough to be a one-trick pony, especially if you are an entrepreneur.
- Success
What is success? Ramon Ricker tackles this question at Polyphonic.org. For many musicians, success is not a black-and-white definition – it can be a tricky thing to define and then, accept.
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