Recommended reading, viewing, listening & visiting to learn more about the methodology of deliberate practice
Contrabass Conversations
Jason Heath is a bassist and educator who has been giving away amazing learning resources to anyone who listens to his podcasts (Contrabass Conversations) or follows his blog. Some of it is bass-centric, but much of it is not. If you are preparing for auditions, he’s interviewed many audition winners, and it’s worthwhile to listen to their stories and their approaches. He took all of his favorite info from those interviews and put them into a podcast series and book called “Winning the Audition.”
Bulletproof Musician
Bulletproof Musician, created and curated by performance psychologist Noa Kagayama, combines research and interviews to promote scientifically-backed techniques to improve your process. Indispensable.
Additional resources for musicians, opera fanatics, and enthusiasts!
MET:
- Metropolitan Opera season calendar
- Metropolitan Opera Live in HD theater schedule
- Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast schedule
- Metropolitan Opera PBS telecast schedule
- Metropolitan Opera on-demand streaming “digital opera hall”
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra roster
- MET Orchestra Musicians 501(c)(3) page
Music resources:
- IMSLP score/part library
- Opera libretti — DM’s Opera Site
- Opera libretti — Opera Folio
- Opera libretti — Stanford
- Opera libretti — Archive.org
- Opera libretti — Opera-Guide
- Wagner opera libretti and leitmotif indices
Almas Mater:
- Civic Orchestra of Chicago
- Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Music
- UC-Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical Engineering
- John Tafoya, chair of percussion studies, Indiana University
- Dean Borghesani, principal timpanist, Milwaukee Symphony
Ensembles to See, Hear, and Support: