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no child left behind without a midlife crisis

When every child in the world has access to free public education, will anyone hear you scream?

have music, will love learning

Music as core curricula in schools? Here's what the kids have to say...

play from your heart, or i’ll knock your teeth out

A role models to end all role models.

there’s too much goddamn music

Learn about stand-up comic George Carlin's freshest comedy material. Never to be aired on HBO.

the silence of the sheep

When art becomes religion, even art pranks seem deeply profound. But what if avant-garde composer John Cage had placed a urinal on the concert stage?

puss ‘n notes

If music is as ancient and mysterious as the Sphynx, can a kitty cat tell us what's the name of the tune?

sensibility training

So what's this blog all about? Fundamentally.

variation 25, take 844

Here’s a clip to accompany my previous post, of Glenn Gould playing variation 25 from the Goldberg Variations. It’s from a recording made for television, late in his life. I include it here because of the sheer contrast between this delicate performance, and the visual chaos of his heavily-annotated score featured in my previous post. Beyond that, [...]

genius score scribblings for dummies

Terrible handwriting = genius? I'll say! Any other ways to find out how truly gifted you are?

blog review: music practice tips

(Update: the musicpracticetips.com website is no longer up and running. However, as this review compares web and print media approaches for teaching practice skills, you might find the info below useful for evaluating learning resources.) When I started this blog, I initially had this idea of a web resource for music practice advice. Providing such a service, [...]