Favorite blog posts, April 2014

Practice technique: anchoring

The “anchoring” technique helps you think about logical groups of notes, encourages effective phrasing, and trains your ears to hear notes in a new and useful way.

Novelty and solo multiple-woodwind performance

I would like for my performances to stand on their own, regardless of how many or how few instruments I use, but it’s hard to tell when the audience is distracted by the parade of shiny objects.