I recently got back from sharing the Alexander Technique at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. What an honor and...

I've been struggling with sustaining motivation for some of my long term goals. I'm realizing it's present day hardships that, at least...

From 6th grade until my sophomore year in undergrad, failing didn't feel like failing. It felt like learning... Learning with sounds,...

Frequently, embouchure strength and breathing is taught as the sole reason for, and source of, tone production, and barely no attention...

I'm hypermobile....meaning REALLY flexible. People tend to call this "double-jointed". Hypermobile people are born this way. It's a...

One of my coaching clients recently reminded me of the different ways time can be experienced. Engrossed in a thrilling book, game, or...

Think about the kids who struggle the most in your bands, choirs, orchestras, athletic programs, dance teams, etc. So many of my students...

Think of the thing you don't want to do but you KNOW it's going help you grow and eventually be successful. Did you have a physical or...

What can you do when one of your students gets so angry and frustrated that they begin crying uncontrollably? What if it's just...

At the end of my time as a band director, it became obvious that a change was needed in my life. I knew I wanted to get my masters in...

I used to see students who didn’t practice or didn’t practice enough as lazy. Not caring enough, not motivated enough. Now with more...

I have a lovely and hard-working student who I’ve been teaching for four years now and he’s becoming such a sensitive, astute, strong...

What is the one habit that you can create or change to get the most positive results in performance or life? Think of it as a...

I divide my musical life in terms of before the first embouchure change that ended up being harmful, then the roughly ten years of...

Celebrating the big wins is always easy to me. You get the chair, win the audition, get the medal or trophy. You immediately physically...

I have been either not using my tongue (air attacks) or tonguing through my teeth since sixth grade. I somehow learned how to tongue...

I have struggled with fast articulation for years. I remember playing Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite years ago and wondering why it was...

I’ve always had a pretty thick skin in regards to receiving criticism, but I have noticed a pattern over the years. If I know that the...

What does fear feel like in your body? For me, it feels like coldness in my chest/belly and feeling disconnected from my arms and legs....

There was about a ten year span that I suffered from acute performance anxiety. I hadn’t always been this way, but a series of mistakes...