Idea No. 141: Let the Kids Play
the idea: ask the kids if they want to play. Over the past year or so I’ve spent quite a few Thursdays in Medford at the Farmer’s Market going back and …
Idea No. 139: Go see a Musician!
the idea: go out and see a local musician play Yesterday I went to see my incredibly talented friend, Emily Schonberg, play at the Burren in Davis Square. As an extremely …
Evelyn Glennie on How to Truly Listen
This is what it looks like when an incredible musician teaches the world how to listen, despite being deaf. Sidenote: a friend told me about this TEDtalk because we were …
Idea No. 86: How are Music and Art connected?
the idea: have my current group of kids come up with their own project As one project for one of my many jobs at the MFA I am working with …
Idea No. 61: A Painted Guitar Case
the idea: paint my guitar case I’ve been doing a lot lately. Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something is underway, the Idea Can is going strong, I’ve been getting myself …
Idea No. 59: An Interactive Piano Lesson
the idea: make an interactive piano curriculum I’ve taken classical piano since I was about five years old. I had a wonderful, patient teacher who worked with both me and my …
The Piano Guys
I’ve been playing classical music since first grade and for the first eight years I hated it. My mother, who was usually not a particularly strict parent, put her foot …
Learning to Perform Without Nerves
My Musical Debut at the Lesbian Dating Show
Apparently when your weekends are actually free, interesting things happen. On Friday I got a text from a friend of mine telling me that there was a music festival in …
Basement Music
When I was young(er), I used to see the videos of 20-something year olds fervently playing music in their livings rooms and basements late at nights, getting off day long …