

Michael O'Gieblyn
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
THE INNER BEAN COUNTER I have a ringing in my ears. It’s not a pitch, or static white noise, it’s just there. I can push aside the...


Stephen Tavani
Bach Chaconne: Performance & Reflection
Stephen Tavani, Assistant Concertmaster, Cleveland Orchestra I recorded Johann Sebastian Bach's "Chaconne" for solo violin for the Good...


Sarah Hao Wright
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IN ALL SITUATIONS: TO GLORIFY GOD At the beginning of 2020, Australia’s native species were being devastated by...


Lori Rhoden
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
A PIANIST'S VISIONS OF CHRIST I’ve always had performance anxiety. It’s been a source of frustration, but somehow I became a career...


Barbara Kavanaugh
The Cosmic Audience
The year 2020 has wrought radical change. We performers are truly in the midst, wondering what our world “after-the-pandemic” will look...


David Daly
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
NORMAL SERVICE INTERRUPTED! As I write to you from southern England the sun is shining and a gentle breeze wafts across a blue sky, and I...


Kristin Ditlow Yuan
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
THE GREAT WORK OF GRATITUDE Musicians, staff, and crew alike should never contemplate deep things, much less the state of their anxiety,...

Terry Ewell
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
COLORS SEEMED BRIGHTER Music has been a part of my life since a very young age. In kindergarten, teachers discovered some musical talent...

Delta David Gier
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
WALKING THIS PATH TOGETHER I am writing from Thailand, where I have come to conduct the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra several times per...


Barbara Kavanaugh
Beethoven's Song of Thanksgiving
“Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a convalescent in the Lydian mode.” Beethoven wrote very little extra-musical comments in his...