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Pieces I Enjoyed Teaching in 2007
Below are some pieces and/or collections that brought me great piano-teaching joy this past year. (I've also added a little random commentary.) One of the immense pleasures of teaching younger students...
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DPO Plays Albert's Cello Concerto
Guest soloist Julie Albers brought Stephen Albert's masterful Cello Concerto to Dayton this past weekend. The epic piece (it's more than a half-hour long) was written in 1990 for cellist Yo-Yo Ma and...
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The Legacy of Patricia Corbett
Cincinnati arts patron Patricia Corbett passed away last week at her home in Hyde Park, Cincinnati. Corbett was one of Cincinnati's most significant and generous philanthropists, having donated tens of...
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Carnivals and Puppets
It's Petrushka week for me up in Dayton! We're doing Stravinsky's complete 1911 version but with one additional audience aid: projected slides that tell the story of the "living" puppet Petrushka as...
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BlogRoll Additions #3
Here are a few more worthwhile blogs I've been reading lately - I've followed all of them for some time and am just now getting around to listing them.AdaptistrationDrew McManus on orchestra...
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Our Big Festival Day
This past Saturday my piano students and I went through the biggest event of the year for my studio: the OFMC District 3D Junior Festival. The event was held at Xavier University's Edgecliff Hall in...
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Stravinsky and Sting
Let me share my two weekend concert experiences: On Saturday night, I witnessed an energetic Cincinnati Symphony performance of The Rite of Spring. A spur-of-the-moment decision last week enabled Arpi...
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Lunchtime Schubert
On Tuesday, April 29, at 12:00 I will be performing in recital in Oxford, Ohio. The recital is this season's last concert for the "Midday Music in Oxford" series, managed by Jack Daugherty.The program...
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Strauss and Mahler Arrangements
I will be involved in an interesting program of chamber ensemble arrangements of Romantic classics by Johann Strauss and Gustav Mahler next week at the Schuster Center in Dayton. The concert will be...
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POW!
Want to know how I finished out the performance season this spring? I was the cannon in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, banging away on the bottom keys of the glorious Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer complete...
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Summer Arrives
Whew! I just finished submitting my final grades for the chamber music course I taught this past year at UC-CCM. So...now it looks like I can commit to a little more content for this blog over the...
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Playing for Funerals
Of all the possible gigs a pianist may get, funerals are certainly one of the least discussed and mysterious events to face for the first time. Since I have been a part-time church musician for over...
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Careers in Music by MENC
Interested in pursuing some kind of career in music? You might be surprised by the wide variety of career paths that are possible in this field. The National Association for Music Education has...
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Find an Accompanist at PianoAccompanists.com
This new website provides a valuable service in supplying information about accompanists based on location. If you're looking for an accompanist (or as many of us prefer to say, "collaborative...
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Online Audio of Beaux Arts Final Concert
The chamber music institution known as the Beaux Arts Trio (pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Daniel Hope, and cellist Antonio Meneses) has performed their final US concert this past month. Pressler...
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Fundraiser for Antioch College
A fundraiser in support of the revival of Antioch College, which is currently shuttered, will be held at the Know Theatre in Cincinnati on September 12. This educational institution, located in...
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Blogging - A Long-Term Payoff?
An interesting thing has been happening lately - I am getting new students from my community as a result of this blog! Finally, after about a year and half of online existence, the site is paying me...
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Freelancing in the “New” Economy (Part 1)
Remember that little catchphrase from the late 90's, when internet stocks were soaring and there was no end to rising profits? I think that today we are in for a new "new economy" that reverses the...
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Freelancing in the “New” Economy (Part 2)
This is the next installment post about ideas for retooling freelance careers. See Part One for the first four ideas.Here are more ideas for making a living as a freelance musician in a precarious...
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Guest Essay by Christopher Chaffee: The Origins of the Dayton Philharmonic...
My good friend and colleague Dr. Christopher Chaffee recently submitted the following essay to me, which details the socio-economic climate for the musical arts in Dayton in 1933. 1933 was the year of...
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BIG EARS 09
BIG EARS 09 is a very promising new music festival coming up this winter. I may even plan to go myself. I'm a big fan of Michael Gira, Pauline Oliveros, and Philip Glass (sometimes...) See details...
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Duo Recital with Violinist Jessica Hung
DPO concertmaster Jessica Hung and myself are offering a free community recital in Kettering on Sunday, March 15. The location is Kettering Seventh Day Adventist Church and the time of the performance...
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Important Dates Fall 2008 Through Summer 2009
Calendar information and events for my students from August 2008 through August 2009.Monday, August 25, 2008: Fall/Winter Term begins at Slater Academy (17 lessons to be completed by Sunday, January...
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Weekly Academy Schedule
General Summer Schedule (2009)(These students attend the Slater Music Academy.)Monday3:30 Sarahmarie4:30 MonicaTuesday1:30 Zachary2:15 Grace
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Itzkoff/Nemith Schubert Recording Now Available
My newest CD recording of Schubert's violin and piano music is now available for purchase at CD Baby.com. Cincinnati Symphony violinist Gerald Itzkoff and myself recorded three of Schubert's violin and...
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