Practice: it’s what makes us good musicians! It is also the number one thing most musicians complain about online! Why is this? Well,...

Auditions are one of those things that no musician will ever be truly finished with. Unless you’re Renee Fleming, you’re going to have to...

First seen on my Patreon! Juries are upon us. It is the time of panicking freshman, smug recitalists (because they don’t need to perform...

The following article is taken verbatim from my book, How to Music Major: Surviving the College Search! It’s on Amazon and all other...

There’s a big statewide competition coming up for me and members of my studio, and all of the freshmen are starting to get jittery....

Juries: the looming cloud at the end of every semester. Freshmen are told about them, and upperclassmen complain and warn about them. But...

My first college audition went kinda awful. I was terrified the entire time, and don’t actually remember most of it. I wouldn’t wish...

If you are, were, are going to be, or even considered being a music major in college, then you know the fear of Not Getting In. (Heck, in...

If there’s one question I have gotten more than anything else, it’s probably “Why are you so excited about a choral song?” Answer:...

The problem with finals week is that everything is suddenly due at once. The project is due the same week as the big test is due the same...