

Being a Parent of a Musical Child - Part 9: Presence and Presentation
This may come as quite a shock to you, so brace yourself... Performance isn’t easy. Hard to believe, right?...


Being a Parent of a Musical Child - Part 7: Determination
There is one glaringly obvious trait that determined people share… nothing can make them quit. I'm sure there are plenty of people out...


Being a Parent of a Musical Child - Part 6: Enthusiasm
“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.“ --Ralph Waldo Emerson Enthusiasm is incredibly easy...


Being a Parent of a Musical Child - Part 3: Teachability
It's important at every age… if you want to learn something, and you're not getting there on your own, you'll need a teacher, and you'll...


Nurturing Developing Musicians with Constructive Criticism
There’s a chasm of difference between criticism and constructive criticism. The first is solely designed to tear a person down. The...
























