Join Kayleigh Miller, violist, professional yoga instructor, and founder of the Musician’s Health Collective for this discussion of musician health, anatomy, and yoga for musicians. What should musicians know about their bodies (especially upper bodies) and how our playing positions and daily activities effect our bodies? What kinds of healthy routines can musicians practice to[…]
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September 15, 2015 – 8PM Eastern Nick Finzer, Composer, arranger, trombonist Description: Are you thinking about recording and releasing your own recording? You won’t want to miss this hangout with trombonist and music entrepreneur Nick Finzer. Get Nick’s tips on how to successfully navigate the process of recording and releasing your own recording: ideas for funding[…]
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A fascinating article was published recently in The Atlantic, which takes a look into the future and considers the possibility that machines could continue to replace more and more of the modern workforce (or reduce the amount of time workers need to work). It also considers the impacts on leisure time, the arts, and artists.[…]
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An article came out a couple of weeks ago on Omaha.com with some positive news from the Omaha Symphony. Attendance during the Symphony’s 2014-15 season was record setting, and even subscription packages to multiple concerts are on the rise. Pretty exciting. Of course, the question is why. Why are more people coming to the symphony[…]
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With the closing of the “Spring for Music” festival in NYC this past year, the Kennedy Center has announced that it will create a similar festival of American Orchestras. The new festival will take place during late March and early April 2016, and will feature the Boulder Philharmonic, the North Carolina Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony[…]
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While there is plenty of negative press about the struggle of orchestras in the 21st century, here is a New York Times article about recent successes at the Cincinnati Symphony that is quite encouraging.
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In a recent edition of the “You’ve Cott Mail” email newsletter, Thomas Cott profiled an interesting article about personalization trends in our society. You’ve undoubtedly noticed this – people want an increasingly personalized experience, from personalized news to curated clothing and food choices. It is interesting to consider how the idea of personalization might effect[…]
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The Guardian recently published an edited version of NY Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert’s 2015 Royal Philharmonic Society Lecture. In the lecture, Gilbert describes his view of where we are today – how orchestras are doing some serious soul-searching to discover what role they will play in their communities going forward. Orchestras are trying all[…]
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In “today’s arts climate,” which is often characterized by tales of diminishing audiences, revenue, and interest, why would anyone start a new orchestra? That is a question that Jennifer Melick considers in an intriguing article in the recent Symphony Magazine. Melick spotlights eight recent orchestra startups and looks at the goals and creative ideas behind[…]
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Music organizations are among those who are thinking hard about how to attract millennials to their events. (By the way, millenials represent the generation born between the early 1980st and the early 2000s.) Articles on this topic are popping up frequently, and Thomas Cott recently devoted an edition of his popular daily “You’ve Cott Mail”[…]
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