While all musicians will play music by composers that are well established and often dead, many will also have the opportunity to perform new works by living composers with the composers present. While this can present some of the most exciting opportunities in music making, it also introduces certain challenges. Here are some tips on howRead more about The Care and Feeding of Composers[…]

If you’re on the creative end of the arts, you have probably at some point felt creatively “blocked,” as though you reached a brick wall and can’t figure out how to break through.  Here are some tips for avoiding and countering writer’s block: You Don’t Have to Write from Start to Finish Many writers fallRead more about Coping with Writer’s Block[…]