Archive for December 6th, 2009

Sportsmanship for Musicians

0 Comments Published by David Motto December 6th, 2009 in Performing Music

As a culture, we need to emphasize sportsmanship more for musicians.   I said “sportsmanship” instead of “musicianship” because we don’t really have a word for courteous behavior in the performing arts.
“Musicianship” is defined by the Random House Dictionary as “knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.”
These are undeniably important factors in creating a great [...]

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.
--Duke Snider