February 15, 2010
T-M-E-A. The Texas Music Teachers’ Association Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas (home of the Alamo). That’s where I spent four days last week, and I simply have to tell you about it.
My head is still spinning. Thousands of accomplished high-school musicians, their families, plus their band, choir, and orchestra conductors filled the huge Henry [...]
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February 4, 2010
The best concerts (films, plays, art exhibits) linger in the mind. Even the ones you don’t like have value, as you mull over what displeased you. But when they’re good, they remain in the ear and in the mind.
I heard a provocative concert this week: Canadian-born pianist Marc-André Hamelin. He’s a super virtuoso, which can [...]
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