Ok, this is, I believe, the third time I have come back to the blog after a long hiatus here or there.  I've been working at home and pr...

I never took a practice journal...ever.  I was never asked to keep one by a private teacher, not even in college.  So, it was kind of a fore...

So, I logged on and realized it's been almost 3 years since I've said a word here.  However, the blog has been viewed like 15,000 ti...

School music is a cold and cruel place.  For the most part, you have to know someone to get where you want to go.  So, it actually has nothi...

When was the last time you looked at your instrument and had a thought consumed with hope for how well playing the horn would go that day?

I received a very encouraging note from my college Clarinet teacher yesterday.  Basically, it made my whole college experience. So, today ...

So, today I did someone a favor.  I ran over to a rehearsal to lend out one of my instruments to someone who's playing in a conference i...