Year: 2005

Since I’ve recently been appointed head of the wind and brass department and Principal guest conductor of the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University, I thought it was time Continue Reading →

Hamlet: Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had Continue Reading →

I thought it might be interesting for my readers this month to chronicle my start in music back in the horse and buggy days (almost). I want to let my Continue Reading →

“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being Continue Reading →

The Ride of the Valkyries is one of the most requested excerpts for auditions, so this month I thought it might be a good idea to focus on this excerpt Continue Reading →