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The Kozinn Effect: A New York Times Music Critic and His Dislike for the...

"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces." --Anatole France As the word spreads on the New York Times...

You Say Marcato, I Say Staccato

The final bars of Stravinsky's Firebird. When it came to international copyrights composer Igor Stravinsky had to be a shrewd businessman. At the time he...

Behave Yourself in Rehearsal

Reminders for the new school year. Not enough can be said about keeping your cool while working with others; no matter how badly you want...

Wild Card Critic Allan Kozinn Rails on the NY Phil Horns

Reaction around the Internet. I have been tracking the response to Allan Kozinn's New York Times article "The French Horn - That Wild Card of...

Chasing Rainbows; On Critiquing Horn Clams

Reaction to a NY Times review, "That Wild Card of the Orchestra." I have read critic Allan Kozinn's odd diatribe in the New York Times...

Olympic Clams, Cornophobia and Auditions

Missed notes in auditions are a no-no. My audition days are long over and honestly, I do not miss them. Yet, in the process of taking...

Tough Love and Hard Knocks

It's a cruel world - does that merit cruel teaching methods? I have had my share of great coaches and teachers. They were mentors who...

Off Topic: A Dental Dam and Root Canal

Root canals are fun.No, this is not a picture from the latest Hollywood horror movie, but rather a self-portrait taken with my iPhone at...

Transposition Tricks: Alto Clef

Sight-reading viola music. At some gigs, you never know what will be put in front of you. Some contractors are either ignorant or care less...

Music and the Brain

A recent study on music and the brain...mmm...brains... A few years ago I took a course on brain development and ever since I have been...