I love Susan Paradis’ new labels for teaching! She has a 2 octave keyboard label and now a treble and bass clef label. Each of these can be printed on Avery labels found at any office supply store. I plan to […]
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Finale 2010 is now available! In spite of all that’s outlined below, Finale still has not made pedal markings easy! It’s my one complaint against the program. Why can’t someone create a function that will allow me to double click when the pedal starts, single
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Guess post by Bradley Sowash- composer, jazz pianist, educator, and author I tell all my students that there are two ways to do music full time: 1. Specialist – Be among the best in the world at some aspect of
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University of Minnesota School of Music Application Deadline: 6/30/2009 Seeks short, unperformed orchestral scores (standard symphony orchestra instrumentation) from emerging U.S. resident composers who have studied at an institution of higher learning for their 2009 Craig and Janet Swan Composer
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Hot off the press! Contemporary Movie Hits contains intermediate arrangements of: Bella’s Lullaby Breaking Free Dawn Georgiana He’s a Pirate That’s How You Know (from Enchanted) I arranged Georgiana, Dawn, and That’s How You Know (my personal favorite). I sang this one
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Should you have any dreams about becoming rich as a composer, it might be helpful to know who makes what in the music publishing business. And be sure you read to the end because I’ve updated this post since it
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of adjudicating for a local MTA’s Music Progressions event. One of the students performed my new piece, Twister. He was so excited to be playing for the actual composer but I was probably more excited
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In 2010, Viols in Our Schools & the GambaCast will host the First Internet Viola da Gamba Composer’s Project which seeks composers to write new works for unaccompanied 7-string bass viol to be presented in a New Music recital performed
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Carnegie Hall has some great online videos of piano and string quartet masterclasses and learning sessions. The first video is a Masterclass with Leon Fleisher. Students in this class perform the late Schubert Sonatas. When you “Launch the Guide” you can choose
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Maybe it’s not the dream tool you might be expecting…I certainly have not found any software that edits things for me, but I have finally found the tool that I have wanted for years! 3M has finally combined post-it flags and
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The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
