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College Percussion Auditions

College Auditions — Some Thoughts From the Othe...

Ever wonder what the college, university, or conservatory professor is thinking when you audition? Check out some behind the scenes thoughts on the process.

College Auditions — Some Thoughts From the Othe...

Ever wonder what the college, university, or conservatory professor is thinking when you audition? Check out some behind the scenes thoughts on the process.

Your Hands Are The Least Interesting Thing About You

Your Hands Are The Least Interesting Thing Abou...

A couple of weeks ago an idea flashed into my brain one morning as I ate my cereal — wouldn't it be fun to put together some sort of "fast hands"...

Your Hands Are The Least Interesting Thing Abou...

A couple of weeks ago an idea flashed into my brain one morning as I ate my cereal — wouldn't it be fun to put together some sort of "fast hands"...

Concert Honesty: Life To This Point

Concert Honesty: Life To This Point

By Josh Quillen I fail.  A lot.  It’s been the only real consistent thing in my life.  Just a constant series of trials and errors.  Oh lord and sweet baby...

Concert Honesty: Life To This Point

By Josh Quillen I fail.  A lot.  It’s been the only real consistent thing in my life.  Just a constant series of trials and errors.  Oh lord and sweet baby...

15 (or so) Questions with Josh Jones - Principal Percussionist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

15 (or so) Questions with Josh Jones - Principa...

The internet and social media can do some pretty incredible things, especially in terms of enabling connections between people and ideas that might not otherwise occur in the everyday physical...

15 (or so) Questions with Josh Jones - Principa...

The internet and social media can do some pretty incredible things, especially in terms of enabling connections between people and ideas that might not otherwise occur in the everyday physical...

Create Unapologetically. Hum in the Shower.

Create Unapologetically. Hum in the Shower.

By Joshua Merritt I write words for a living, not music, but in many ways the gigs are the same. We both obsess over rhythm and cadence.  We care immensely...

Create Unapologetically. Hum in the Shower.

By Joshua Merritt I write words for a living, not music, but in many ways the gigs are the same. We both obsess over rhythm and cadence.  We care immensely...

Learn Your Instrument, Not Just Pieces — Part 2

Learn Your Instrument, Not Just Pieces — Part 2

This post is offered as a follow up to my earlier post entitled “Learn Your Instrument, Not Just Pieces”. In my initial article I did what we often like to...

Learn Your Instrument, Not Just Pieces — Part 2

This post is offered as a follow up to my earlier post entitled “Learn Your Instrument, Not Just Pieces”. In my initial article I did what we often like to...