strategies Archive

  • Have a look at this baby girl, col­or­ing in a col­or­ing book. She is enjoy­ing the sen­sory expe­ri­ence of it, the tac­tile sen­sa­tion of hav­ing crayons in her hand and...0March 16, 2009

    Coloring inside the lines

    Have a look at this baby girl, col­or­ing in a col­or­ing book. She is enjoy­ing the sen­sory expe­ri­ence of it, the tac­tile sen­sa­tion of hav­ing crayons in her hand and…

  • I’ve writ­ten before about the impor­tance of get­ting your piece out to per­form­ers. There’s an added some­thing else to con­sider: find per­form­ers who are get­ting gigs for themselves. Some­times per­form­ers...0March 12, 2009

    Courting Performers

    I’ve writ­ten before about the impor­tance of get­ting your piece out to per­form­ers. There’s an added some­thing else to con­sider: find per­form­ers who are get­ting gigs for them­selves. Some­times performers…

  • In 2008, Mau­reen Dowd, a writer for the New York Times, ana­lyzed why Hillary Clin­ton lost out to Barack Obama in the demo­c­ra­tic race for president. Dowd wrote, “[Hillary Clin­ton]...0February 20, 2009

    A political lesson

    In 2008, Mau­reen Dowd, a writer for the New York Times, ana­lyzed why Hillary Clin­ton lost out to Barack Obama in the demo­c­ra­tic race for pres­i­dent. Dowd wrote, “[Hillary Clinton]…

  • Those of you who have lis­tened to my audio pod­cast, par­tic­u­larly Episode 15, know I am a self-published com­poser. I learned the tricks of this trade via Jen­nifer Hig­don, pic­tured...0September 20, 2007

    On Being a Self-Published Composer

    Those of you who have lis­tened to my audio pod­cast, par­tic­u­larly Episode 15, know I am a self-published com­poser. I learned the tricks of this trade via Jen­nifer Hig­don, pictured…