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Attract Bigger Audiences with Better Concert Programs

Attract Bigger Audiences with Better Concert Programs

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 19, 2024 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“Programs are a bit like prix-fixe menus in a restaurant: We can’t serve music à la carte . . . so our menu has to be quite diverse and – tasty.” -Eckart Preu, conductor The Musician’s Way, p. 212 Data from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts show that two of the...
New-Generation Classical and Jazz Concerts

New-Generation Classical and Jazz Concerts

by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 22, 2022 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“The spontaneity and collective energy catch fire to a degree that some performances leave indelible memories.”–The Musician’s Way, p. 154 During much of the twentieth century, before the advent of high-tech home entertainment, large numbers of people attended...
Counteracting Substance Abuse

Counteracting Substance Abuse

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 12, 2021 | creativity, music careers, music education, wellness

“Any musician who says he is playing better either on the needle or when he is juiced is a plain straight liar… You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation.” -Charlie Parker, saxophonist and composer The Musician’s Way, p....
Making Meaning in Music Practice

Making Meaning in Music Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 13, 2020 | creativity, music practice, The Musician's Way

“Meaning, not originality, is what matters most in your day-to-day practice.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 312 Psychologist and author Eric Maisel writes about three types of meaning that people experience in life. One is received meaning, the kind that’s...
12 Affirmations for Music Teachers

12 Affirmations for Music Teachers

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 26, 2020 | creativity, motivation, music careers, music education

“To be a musician in the service of music is not a job; it is a way of life.” –Isaac Stern, violinist The Musician’s Way, p. 299 I write this amid the COVID-19 pandemic, when music teachers worldwide are surmounting obstacles to provide students with...
Gerald Klickstein in Conversation with BandDirector.com

Gerald Klickstein in Conversation with BandDirector.com

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 19, 2019 | creativity, music education, The Musician's Way

“The Musician’s Way is unique in that it articulates the universal elements of the musician’s creative process.” I’m pleased to share with The Musician’s Way community the text of an interview I did with the noted website, BandDirector.com. In...
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