InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Apr 18, 2017How to get your music out thereRecently, I was asked by a young composer, “What is your advice to a young composer on how to get her music out there?” My immediate…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Apr 17, 2017Meet the composer: Kurt KnechtAs part of a special collaboration, this weeks Meet the Composer feature is a guest blog by Sarah Kruger who interviewed MusicSpoke…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Apr 13, 2017The annual GIFted recapitulationOver the past three years, I’ve been trying to keep everyone up to date with the latest conducting moves. Just the other day, I was asked…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Apr 6, 2017How great conductors fix thingsI still believe the best conducting advice I ever received was from Robert Summer. He was fond of saying, “Say one thing and fix it.” Many…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Apr 4, 2017Music in small town AmericaWhen you grow up in a large metropolitan area, it is pretty easy to be artistically dismissive of small towns. Part of that is because it’s…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Mar 14, 2017Why Arts Education is more powerful than STEM.For me, one of the highlights of this ACDA National convention was the nightly de-briefing sessions over dinner with Charles Bruffy. On…
InMusicSpoke NotesbyMusicSpoke·Mar 2, 2017Four things that can help jealous composersI talk to great piles of composers during the course of any given month. One thing that almost everyone struggles with is professional…
MusicSpoke·Jan 26, 2017What can you learn from master conductor Charles Bruffy?Last week, I had the chance to do something that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. The Kansas City All District Chorus was being…
