Practice Tip Tuesday

  • Interview with Cellist and Editor Valter Dešpalj

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen Valter Dešpalj is an internationally acclaimed cellist and editor for Ovation Press who has contributed expertly edited works to...

  • Blair Milton: A Music Professional’s Life in Perspective

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Colin Cronin Blair Milton is an editor at Ovation Press, an accomplished violinist, and a professor of violin at Northwestern University. Aft...

  • Interview with Joseph Silverstein

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen This exclusive interview with violinist Joseph Silverstein took place in July 2015 right after his visit to the Meadowmount School ...

  • Tips for Healthy Practicing

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Brianna Richardson Are you more likely to get injured during a performance or while practicing?  Even though you may put out extra physical a...

  • You Never Stop Learning

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Colin Cronin “Too sure of themselves they are. Even the older, more experienced ones.”-Master Yoda on Jedi, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of th...

  • The Case for Active Practicing

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Henry Myers Practicing: the word itself inspires pain, suffering, depression, boredom, angst, and turmoil; it evokes images of stern-looking s...

  • How to Measure Effective Practice

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jørgen Jensen How to measure effective practice? Certainly a timeless question. In a blog entry, author Daniel Coyle lays out a gauge t...

  • Because You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    For a musician it is very important to make a very strong first impression when playing concerts, competitions or auditions. This very interesting...

  • Interview with Dr. Eckart Altenmüller

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jørgen Jensen It is very common for musicians to experience physical problems related to playing their instrument at some point during the...

  • The Seven Stages of Practice Essential to Musicians

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    Introduction Hans Erik Deckert, a wonderful friend, human spirit, musician, conductor and cellist departed this world on the 8th of August, 2022....

  • How Big is the Universe?

    by Oleksa Mycyk
     By Hans Jørgen Jensen     Do we know? Can we know? Will we know? I remember asking my father this question when I was just a ten-year-old boy. ...

  • Free Your Sound with the Help of the Helmholtz Motion

    by Oleksa Mycyk
     By Hans Jørgen Jensen There are a number of fundamental principles concerning the sound production of stringed instruments that are both fascinati...