0 Zachary Preucil
May 17, 2013

It’s over! The end of the school year has arrived at last, and now that you’ve finished your exams, passed your jury, and hopefully passed your dorm room inspection (“you’re quite sure that drawer was broken before you moved in, Melinda?”), you’re free to take a break from work and enjoy some much-needed R&R. As

0 Stephen Danyew
May 14, 2013

In her latest video blog, harpist Meghan Caulkett discusses some of the tools she uses to help manage the business aspects of her freelance music career.  Enjoy!

0 Stephen Danyew
May 13, 2013

Traveling internationally with your instrument this summer? Check out this free webinar that will cover important details about traveling abroad with certain instruments.  The webinar is presented by The League of American Orchestras, in partnership with the American Federation of Musicians, The Recording Academy, and NAMM.  Click here for more information and to register! Tuesday,

0 Stephen Danyew
May 10, 2013

Melissa Snoza, flutist and Executive Director of the Fifth-House Ensemble recently wrote an inspiring blog post titled “The Art of Losing Your Self.”  In the post, she writes: In that moment, I began to realize the beginnings of what it means to play music, and what my real purpose is in this larger space, outside

0 Zachary Preucil
May 9, 2013

Perhaps no obligation required of music school students is more daunting than that of the jury. A relatively brief, but seemingly interminable end-of-year examination, the prospect of undergoing this necessary evil entails a multitude of potentially unpleasant experiences: countless hours of tedious practicing, the anxiety-ridden night before, the veritable “march to the scaffold” when your

0 Stephen Danyew
May 7, 2013

Heading to a music festival this summer? Hoping to catch a concert at a nearby festival? Check out this interesting article in the newest edition of Symphony magazine published by the League of American Orchestras.  The article highlights a number of summer festivals and also presents a fairly comprehensive listing of upcoming music festivals and

0 Zachary Preucil
May 2, 2013

Like many cellists across the world, I was deeply saddened this past Sunday to learn of Janos Starker’s passing. For me, however, his death didn’t only represent a cultural loss, but a personal loss as well, for I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Starker on multiple occasions, and I’m actually distantly related to him–my

0 Stephen Danyew
April 26, 2013

A little background from the Adaptistration blog: Take A Friend To The Orchestra, or TAFTO, is an annual event at Adaptistration every April where more than a dozen critics, bloggers, musicians, classical music enthusiasts, and administrators writing about how average patrons throughout the country can invite friends who don’t regularly participate in live music events to

0 Stephen Danyew
April 25, 2013

In her latest video blog, harpist Meghan Caulkett gives us a glimpse of her educational harp recitals that she presents through her program 47 strings, which was recently awarded a musical outreach grant from Rice University.  Enjoy!

0 Stephen Danyew
April 19, 2013

In a recent article on the League of American Orchestra’s Symphony Now website, Jennifer Melick profiles Reed Lizard, a start-up baroque reed making company supported by a Julliard School entrepreneurship grant.  In the article, Melick interviews Reed Lizard founder Kristin Olson who shares insight into the process of starting a “side business.”  Read the interesting

0 Zachary Preucil
April 16, 2013

“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” -Leonard Bernstein Why? That was all–just a single word. Why? It was the afternoon of Monday, April 15th, and I had casually logged onto Facebook to see a blizzard of status updates all bearing the same