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...
This blog has been incredibly cathartic for me during the year. It has given me the opportunity to refine the tangle of thoughts I have rolling around in my head into tangible threads. With that clear mind comes the realization that I don’t have a limitless supply of...
WB: I met Ghadeer Abaido when she showed up in an orchestra rehearsal to play Totentanz, Liszt’s monument to the Dies irae. By the end of the exposition I was thoroughly entranced by her playing. Everything Ghadeer plays comes alive in a fashion you have to hear...
