Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

at a recital.  Or a mini-recital.  This one is just 30 minutes of music, as requested by the Minnesota Orchestra as part of my audition.  So the question becomes:  how much can you, or should you, pack into 30 minutes?  I have accepted an invitation from a colleague to play through my 30 minutes at [...]

listen one, listen all

to a recital Sunday afternoon, the 24th, at 3 PM central, on WFMT.  If you have an internet connection, you can listen live at:
http://www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4
The radio program is “Live from Levin Studio” (which used to be Studio 1, but was changed when they remembered they only have 1 studio) and the official billing is “The CSO [...]

Bach after 2 years

The fall of 1998 was a time of transition for me at Curtis. I was beginning my third year, which meant that half of the people I met when I entered Curtis were gone. In addition, the Montagnana Quartet, the group I had played in since coming to Curtis, was no more. Luckily the other [...]