Articles
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Why Youth Orchestras Don’t Equal Youthful Audiences
Today, there are more youth orchestras than at any other time in history. Yet, there is still the misconception that only people over the age of 70 enjoy classical music. Why? Because when…
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Benign Advice, Profoundly Mistaken
I can’t get enough of Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity? Yes, it’s old, but the topic, largely ignored by the Establishment (which includes educators and educational publishers), is…
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You Don’t Have to Be So Serious to Be Taken Seriously
Classical music is serious business. Right? All those tiny notes, all that counting, all that Italian. Very serious stuff, indeed. Many of us have spent years before teachers, adjudicators, and in competitions proving…
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Is Bigger Better?
The Western world is obsessed with size. Go big or go home. Be a big deal. Make the big time. And though these are just idioms, the sentiment carries over into the world…
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A Beautiful Mind: Intelligence and Attractiveness
We’ve discussed many traits of attractiveness on this blog. Loyalty, empathy, compassion, adventurousness… these are all personal characteristics that can be developed, given practice. Today’s topic, intelligence, is a bit of a sticky…