A surprise Sonder in video format! On my last tour with the World Percussion Group, I presented a talk on Performance Psychology as we visited schools and conservatories in England, Spain, and Portugal. I have long suffered from mental struggles in performance, and...
In an early morning lesson, Fall of my sophomore year, my professor told me to learn the fugue in g-minor from Bach’s 1st violin sonata. I happily obliged and began my work on the piece that very afternoon, heading to the library to pick up both the piece and,...
The picture above was taken in New Hampshire in May. To be precise, the photographer is standing at about 43°19’32.9″N 71°41’03.1″W, give or take a few feet. To be less precise and more accurate, my Abaido-Brown Duo partner Ghadeer is standing...
Eight schools over three years. Flights, drives, and zoom calls. 2 am practice sessions. Emails, audition deposits, admissions seminars. Forgetting to turn the snares off, missed notes on Porgy, whiffed ruffs on Kijé. Welcome to my search for a master’s program....
Sonder 013 | Dark Soundscape by William Brown, Arvo Part https://williambrownpercussion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sonder-013-soundscape.mp3 September 22nd was a special day. It was a day of gentle breezes and cool air, bright skies and sunbeams. It was a day...
