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Tchaikovsky’s Vibrant Brass

Tchaikovsky’s Vibrant Brass

Vibrato has been a subject of lively debate in the discussion of performance practice for a couple of generations now, but usually when we talk about orchestral vibrato, we mean string vibrato, and, usually,  we’re talking about abstaining from said string...
Tchaikovsky’s Magnificent Manuscript

Tchaikovsky’s Magnificent Manuscript

  I’ve wanted to make a string orchestra version of Tchaikovsky’s Third String Quartet for almost as long as I’ve known the piece.  Growing up in the USA, most musicians I knew seemed to only know of “‘the’ Tchaikovsky String...

How to rehearse an ensemble

Earlier this week I gave a talk on “how to rehearse” for a regional consortium of music educators. The following list formed the basis of our discussions. It’s by no means a complete or exclusive list, but we publish it here without further comment...