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“Now play it again…,” said Josef Gingold, my teacher. On playing the Bach Ciaconna in style!

“Now play it again…,” he said… I studied the monumental Ciaccona (from J.S. Bach's d ...

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Do You RUSH?! The Surprising Cause and Cure!

If you're human and a musician, I bet you're guilty of rushing – at ...

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emotions, freedom, inspiration, non-doing, phrasing, self-control, sound, technique, tension, thinking, Uncategorized

Expressing Musical Emotion without Tension?

From Idea to Expression I taught an online masterclass for violinists and violists last ...

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Making Music with Necessary Tension

You've probably heard of the “pregnant pause”, and the best musicians know we need ...

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Art of Freedom, direction, life, musicians, phrasing, technique, Uncategorized, union

What’s “The ONE” Secret to Baroque Music and Funk?!

Stanley Ritchie When I was a student at Indiana University, I was very fortunate ...

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