By Blogmaster January 23, 2013
Subjects Travel
Tags Airplanes, buying extra seats, carry-on baggage, checked baggage, claim forms, damage, Dave, Delta Airlines, extra seat, FAA, FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, fragile instruments, Gibson, guitar, instrument repairs, nightmare, The LeeVee's, touring musicians, Travel, United Breaks Guitars, Vintage Gibson guitar
By Wayne Burak January 21, 2013
Subjects Instrument Care
Tags accessories, attention, bow, bow grip, bow rehair, Brazilwood, Burak, cello, cello bow, cello cases, cello strings, cellobello, computer back up, computers, fresh bow rehair, frog, frog position, humidity, instrument cases, latches, music, New Year's resolutions, organization, organization of sheet music, pearl eye, pernambuco, rock stops, rosin, sheet music, strings, tension, warp, Wayne
By Robert Battey January 16, 2013
Subjects Repertoire
Tags accuracy, ambiguity, Anna Magdalena, Anner Bylsma, artistic, autograph, Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Bach Suites, Bach's original intentions, Bach’s precise intentions, Barenreiter, Battey, careless, cello, cellobello, challenges, colors, complexities, conclusions, curiosity, dilemma, Editions, editors, enjoyment, experimentation, flawed, genius, historical, inconsistent copies, instrument control, Instruments, interpretive creativity, interpretive ideas, Janos Starker, judgment, liberation, lute, lute arrangement, meaningful interpretations, monochromatic, normal teaching model, Pablo Casals, painting, parameters, paris, personal research, personality, phrasing, Pierre Fournier, printing, publications, rainbows, recordings, repertoire, response, Rhythm, robert, sloppy, slurs, study, Teaching, text booklet, textual, The Fencing Master, transcribing, uncertainties, virtuosity
By Jonathan Pegis January 9, 2013
Subjects Orchestra, Repertoire
Tags audition excerpt, Auditions, Beethoven, Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, bow control, bowings, breathing, cello, cello excerpt, cellobello, control, effortless, experiment, experimentation, fingerings, intonation, Jonathan, Northwestern, pacing, Pegis, phrasing, slow breathing, string crossings, Symphony, tempo, variations, variations on a theme, vibrato
By Robert Battey January 7, 2013
Subjects Artistic Vision
Tags Battey, Beethoven, commitment, critic, expertise, Heifetz, patience, Philosophy, problems, robert, Strings Magazine, traveling
By Jonathan Pegis December 11, 2012
Subjects Orchestra, Repertoire
Tags attention to detail, Beethoven, Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, bow control, bow technique, cello, cello excerpt, cellobello, continuous vibrato, details, dynamics, Excerpts, intonation, Jonathan, legato, melody, musicality, Pegis, phrasing, practice tips, Preparation, Rhythm, shifting, singing, Sound, sound production, technical challenges, tempo, vibrato
By Brant Taylor December 4, 2012
Subjects Practicing, Technique
Tags Bach, bow, bow strokes, Brant, Brant Taylor, cellists, cello, cellobello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerto, contact point, CSO, frog, Pinchas, Shostakovich, success, Taylor, Technique, variables, weight, Zukerman
By Brant Taylor November 28, 2012
Subjects Practicing, Technique
Tags bow speed, bow technique, Brant, bridge, cello, cellobello, contact point, control, pressure, relaxation, struggle, Taylor, tone, variables, variation, Vibrations, weight
By Avery Waite November 24, 2012
Subjects Artistic Vision
Tags Afghanistan, Avery, challenges, culture, discipline, Experience, imagination, Kabul, language, motivation, music, radio, students, talent, Teaching, Waite
By Mark Summer November 16, 2012
Subjects Playing Healthy, Travel
Tags blogs, cello, cellobello, concerts, environment, exercise, exhaustion, flights, flu relief, Habits, Healthy, illness, Mark, performances, pressure, Rest, string quartet, suggestions, Summer, swimming
