All this week I have been sitting on audition committees for my orchestra. In three days we listened to 4 basses, 6 cellos, 3 oboes, 19 horns, and 11 tubas,Continue readingInspiring Auditions
Learning by Struggling
We are driving back home to Indiana. The Breckenridge Music Festival has been a great experience for me – a five week experiment in being totally out of my comfortContinue readingLearning by Struggling
Coming Back
When I have taken time off from the oboe, I dread going back. Even if I crave it, and desperately wish I was active again, I fear those initial fewContinue readingComing Back
Olympic Inspirations: Line
First, the gripe. Why do the women gymnasts have to do all of these goofy, stagy, choreographed arm movements? The men don’t do them. If I wanted to watch balletContinue readingOlympic Inspirations: Line