The Creativity Crisis
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it. Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when Continue Reading →
Category: thoughts and writings
What’s Wrong With Music Biz?
The basic recording contract upon which most of the popular music business has been based for the past 50 years is fundamentally broken.This is not the sentiment of one of Continue Reading →
Lead like the Great Conductors
An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
As we head into high school and university graduation season here is some sage advice from Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers. Its worth 15 min of your time…
Elizabeth Gilbert on nuturing creativity
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of Continue Reading →
Playing the Music in your Head
Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab invented the musical technology behind Guitar Hero, and here he talks about what’s coming next. Listen for some brand-new ways to interface with music Continue Reading →
VSB cuts to music programs – The VSO responds…
Remarks made by Bramwell Tovey, Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to the Vancouver School Board (VSB)Trustees at a public meeting at Mount Pleasant Elementary, Vancouver April 20th 2010. Continue Reading →
Teaching corner – memorizing music
As we head towards festival and exam season here are a couple of links to recent blog posts of interest I have discovered online dealing with the problems of memorization Continue Reading →
Arts education: “It’s not a waste of time” – ARTicles
“Just Do It” – sounds like an over used corporate slogan, but then again the road to becoming an great artist or a great “anything at all” for that matter Continue Reading →
BC Provincial Budget: impacts for arts education in BC?
So how does the March 2 budget announcement impact BC community music schools and other arts training organizations in our province? At first blush this is difficult to tell. The Continue Reading →