I never thought I’d say this, but I am HUGELY relieved to have – for the first time in my life, starting this September – a regularly scheduled, Monday-Friday, 8 AM – 4 PM job. Yes, a real job! Consistency, benefits, paid holidays, health insurance…but most importantly — regular and PREDICTABLE hours! As a musician [...]
Archive for the ‘Cello’ Category
A “9 to 5″ job for a musician? Yes, please!!!
Posted in Arts, Cello, Freelancing, Time management, Work on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Musings on the infamous PhD in music performance
Posted in Cello, dissertation, doctoral study, PhD, Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
My committee: Ron Sadoff, Cathy Benedict, Christina Marin One of my dear cellist friends gave someone my email because she (my cellist friend) thought I would have some interesting words of wisdom re. her friend’s interest in doing a doctorate in music performance (specifically violin performance). Since I officially passed my dissertation defense 2 days [...]
Dark, beautiful, imaginative, fun but melancholic, neo-classical (my term for it, of course) cello music: RASPUTINA
Posted in Arts, Cello, music on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Purely from a musical perspective (interpersonal dynamics aside), if there’s any band I would really, really love to be in, it would be Rasputina. I have what could be construed as a corny, melodramatic glow-in-the-dark Rasputina sticker on my cello case, which says “Cello Magic” with a beautiful graphic of an eye, plus two bows [...]
The Dissertation
Posted in Arts, Cello, critical theory, dissertation, ideas & thoughts, literature, music on February 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided to include a relatively small blurb on the research I am undertaking for my PhD. My blog, as many of you know, began as a purely fun endeavor, a way to talk (and perhaps dialog with people) about things in life about which I am passionate…namely, music, food, & wine, with the occasional [...]
