Archive | March, 2009
Best Practices Series: Coaching the Young Musician
Approach with caution. Coaching the young musician is both a joy, and an intense challenge. No one told me that they were so impressionable. Nothing was said about how sensitive they tend to be. Again. Approach with caution. I continue to be stretched and challenged myself as I coach young musicians. Yet, I am continually encouraged – even invigorated by [...]
Continue reading...Best Practices Series: A Practical Guide to Working with Musicians
12. March 2009
We are all in the business of learning the best practices in our field of expertise. Best practices are processes we develop ourselves (or embrace from others) that contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency in which we conduct our business. A method to our madness, one might say. Best practices are the tips and tricks of the [...]
Continue reading...Chris Foley: The Collaborative Piano Blog – A Labor of Love
12. March 2009
A simple Google search for “Collaborative Piano Blog” brings up (to date) 246, 000 results. THAT speaks a BUNCH about Chris Foley’s interesting, informative and invaluable blog on the collaborative arts. This obvious labor-of-love-in-a-blog is the creation of Chris Foley, a Toronto-based ‘pianist, teacher and blogger’ who has carved out his niche in the wide Webosphere [...]
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13. March 2009
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