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Audition Challenge Week 12
I am a jedi knight and the Force is strong with me. Or, at least, it will be by the end of this thing. Three weeks in and I'm really...
Aug 4, 20164 min read
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Audition Challenge Week 13 (or 2...)
This week's challenge had me working on some Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saens. With the exercises I was already working on these...
Jul 28, 20163 min read
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Nathan Cole's Audition Challenge
I stumbled across a blog a couple weeks ago by LA Phil Associate Concertmaster Nathan Cole. He had a series last year issuing a challenge...
Jul 21, 20163 min read
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Buying a Headjoint
Boston. Home of the Red Sox, the Bruins, the bean and the cod, Puritans, Harvard University and MIT. Also the workshops and showrooms of...
Jul 10, 20167 min read
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A little update...
Well, it's been a while! In the time since I last updated this blog, I think I've taken 3 or 4 auditions, had some pretty epic gigs,...
May 29, 20165 min read
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MP Days 10-13: Phenomenal Cosmic Power!
I seriously can't believe how long it's taken me just to get to this point. I feel like i started this a month ago, but it's only been...
Aug 14, 20152 min read
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MP Days 8 & 9: No More Time for Being Grumpy - Play Scales!
I remember a time before I set myself this task. It was an idyllic time, where the sun always shone without being too hot or bright;...
Aug 5, 20152 min read
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MP Days 6 & 7: Too Good for Scales in Fifths
I think I've really started to hit my stride with the regular scales and arpeggios. I don't seem to run into the issues I had earlier and...
Aug 1, 20152 min read
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MP Day 4 and 5: Oh this isn't so diffic-AAARGH
Day 4 of the Moyse Project went smoothly with no major issues. Some slight uneveness with the right hand pinkie finger, which is to be...
Jul 29, 20152 min read
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MP Day 3: Third Helpings
My main issues were not so much technical because in some places it was all a lot easier than playing the scales straight. It was just a...
Jul 26, 20152 min read
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