My life is brimming with music performance. I’m in a concert band, a jazz band, four different chamber groups, and I freelance. After some prodding from a couple of online articles, it didn’t take long for me to think of today’s blog – a business milestone that the youngest of those chamber groups is now […]
Archives for January 2019
Interview – Wendy Chinn
Name: Wendy Chinn City, State of Residence: Tysons, VA Occupation: Music Teacher Favorite Instrument to Play: French horn Wendy H. Chinn, French horn, is a private brass music teacher in Northern Virginia and has also been an elementary school band director and general music teacher. Ms. Chinn has performed in many different venues, from the […]
Experience vs. Pedigree
It’s an undeniable fact that overall, community music ensembles give good, but less-than-stellar performances. Most of us community band members do not make a living performing music, even though many of us maintain a professional mindset and can play quite well. We listen to professional musicians perform in venues from famous concert halls and jazz […]