Last month’s post considered the difference between a good composition and a bad one. This month, we continue that concept, but now we explore the…
Are there objective criteria against which Art and Music may be measured so as to determine its quality? Or, is the critical assessment of Art…
This month we will enter the foreboding topic of The Meaning of Music! Foreboding…. because many have attempted to understand and describe what music means…
We have had two articles on hearing so far and this, the third, will be the last on this “conductor post” topic. I would like…
I hope that you enjoyed last month’s conductor’s post entitled “Hearing 1”. We now move on to “Hearing 2” in which we continue to explore…
As a conductor, there are few topics of more interest to me than “hearing”. It is what we conductors do, what we work with (musicians),…
When I listen to music, “What should I be listening for”? This is a common question people ask. On the one hand, EVERYONE knows “how”…
Who is the conductor? Not to be obtuse, but rather, to be comprehensive, every time a musician (even a solo musician) takes responsibility for a…