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5 Ways to Upgrade Musicianship

5 Ways to Upgrade Musicianship

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 17, 2019 | music education, music literature, music performance, music practice, sight-reading, writing

“I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.” –John Coltrane The Musician’s Way, p. 98 In The Musician’s Way, I...
Improvisation for Classical Musicians

Improvisation for Classical Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 30, 2019 | creative process, music careers, music performance, music practice

“It’s very gratifying to improvise in front of people. I feel I’m including them in what I’m doing, taking them someplace they might like to go and haven’t been before.” -Jim Hall, guitarist (The Musician’s Way, p. 102) Improvisation is the most playful way that we...
6 Keys to Music School Survival

6 Keys to Music School Survival

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 9, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music education, music performance, The Musician's Way

From 2026-2031, the college-age population in the U.S. will decline sharply, about 15%, due to the reduced birth rate during the great recession.* Combine that with competition from online learning, and numerous brick-and-mortar colleges are expected to shut down...
Equipping Music Graduates to Succeed

Equipping Music Graduates to Succeed

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 27, 2019 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music education, music performance

“Don’t give up the dream, but build your competencies so you can pursue many dreams.” -Gerald Klickstein On March 18, 2019, I was pleased to record an interview in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with pianist Kai Talim for his outstanding “Skip the...
Crafting Confidence

Crafting Confidence

by Gerald Klickstein | Dec 18, 2018 | music performance, performance anxiety

“Confident performance is not a fluke, but the product of imaginative and consistent synthesis of technical and emotional work.” -Frank R. Wilson The Musician’s Way, p. 146 Musicians who grapple with performance nerves typically hear plenty of clichéd...
6 Ways for Musicians to Minimize Tension

6 Ways for Musicians to Minimize Tension

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 14, 2018 | injury prevention, music performance, music practice

“Three qualities are essential in a professional musician… the first is good health and the other two are the same.” Mark Hambourg, pianist -The Musician’s Way, p. 241 Whether we make music as professionals, students or amateurs, we strive to create transcendent...
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