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The People Pleasing Power of Creativity
Human beings are by their nature, creative. We imagine, invent, compose, and design constantly. Not all of these imaginings make it into the physical world, but they nonetheless are created in our minds.…
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The Pursuit of Inner Peace
What is inner peace? Is it even real? Is it something we should bother striving for, and if so, how do we do it? The Journey Not the Destination Inner peace is a…
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How to Keep It Real
There’s a lot of talk about being authentic and “keeping it real,” but what exactly does that mean, and how do we, as performing musicians, do that? After all, to perform, on a…
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Learn to be the calm in the storm
We live in a last-minute, frantic world. Much of the time we’re rushing from one thing to the next, trying desperately not to drop all the plates we are spinning. No wonder then…
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Perfectionism in Performance
As classical musicians, we are raised in an environment that not only encourages perfectionism but often, seems to demand it. A culture that picks apart everything we do, actively looking for things to…
