Graphic Designing for Music

Graphic Designing for Music

Musicians are deeply dependent upon the talents of graphic designers to create posters, logos, websites, and more.  However, graphic designers all too often fall into common traps that render their designs nonsensical or unintentionally amateurish or comic in...
Introduction to Score Reading

Introduction to Score Reading

It’s important for all musicians to be able to read from a full score and to know about common ensembles, even ones in which they don’t play.  This primer is meant as an introduction to score reading and orchestration. Post Navigation Navigate to your area...
Musicals vs. Operas

Musicals vs. Operas

In this modern age when academics seem to eschew most binaries, it may seem impossible to say what anything is anymore.  In the music world, the distinction between musicals and operas is a thorny one that plagues music students, audience members, and...
Genre Guide: Opera

Genre Guide: Opera

It’s important for emerging musicians in all fields to immerse themselves in those fields. To help, I’ll be releasing a series of basic guides that offer starting places for learning about your field. It’s critical to note that these guides are very...