Practicing Mindfully Instead of Mindlessly
The joys of spring for music students: recitals, dress rehearsals, juries, auditions for summer music festivals, lots of practicing, not enough sleep and,…
Size Is Different But Also The Same by Kelly Mollnow Wilson
Every year, the Greater Cleveland Flute Society (http://www.gcfs.org/) hosts a student festival for middle school and high school students where all the young…
Pain is Interesting?
There are many kinds of pain, ranging from little hurts to full blown, intense pain that cannot be ignored. There’s physical pain, mental…
Musicians as Movers – Part III
What are you aware of when you are performing or practicing? Many people have difficulty answering this question the first time it’s asked,…
Surviving Your Life as a Musician
Everyone you see is wearing a mask. We all do everything in our power to seem stalwart, flawless, perfectly happy and perfectly in…
Musicians as Movers – Part II
[This is the second article of a series of three. Musicians as Movers – Part One was published in the October 27, 2017…
9mm Piccolo Player – Surviving Winter Round Two
It’s that time of year again. The warmth of summer has gone and the colors of fall have faded. A cold chill is…
Musicians As Movers – Part One
As musicians, we all have a number of things that we want to have happening during our music making. We want beautiful phrases,…
