Words on Music-Making, Creativity, and Marimba
December 2025.
Composer Bjorn Berkhout and I began working together in Chicago in 2003.
The Bar Music Project began in 2006 and was performed for about 2.5 years. From 2009-2022, we continued to collaborate on music that spawned from this project: e.g., “Torque” (dulcimer solo), “Running Towards Empty” (percussion sextet), “Forward” (a mixed quartet, quintet, or sextet), and “Catch Your Breath” (marimba duo or keyboard percussion sextet). I resurrected the full project in 2022…
September 2024.
In my article about bringing your creative business into existence from October of 2020, I left a short list of resources towards the end. I would like to expand on that list here as I continue to investigate books that are sources of inspiration and learning in entrepreneurial areas of my career…
Harnessing Creativity (Creative output in the face of swelling administrative needs.)
Coming soon.
September 2024.
Exploring the Complete Scope of Possibilities on Your Instrument (the Marimba)
There are many titles that I could give this article and its accompanying articles. Just for fun, here are some more:
Taking Your Performance to the Next Level
Approaching Your Craft with a Multi-Dimensional Mindset…
October 2020.
Let’s start from the beginning. Of course, you’ve now spent hours and hours, day after day, for years in the practice room. It’s likely you now have multiple degrees devoted specifically to your craft (music performance, composition, conducting), or you plan to get multiple degrees…