Practice Tip Tuesday

  • Interview with Clive Greensmith

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Dr. Nick Curry A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music and the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Clive Greensmith's principal teachers wer...

  • The Conscious Competence Model

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen A large part of preparing to write PracticeMind: The Complete Practice Model with co-author Oleksander Mycyk involved reading a w...

  • Interview with Cellist Andreas Brantelid

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen Hans conducted this interview with the brilliant Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid in 2011. Hans was teaching at the Royal Academy...

  • Interview with Grigory Kalinovsky

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen Ovation Press: I very much like your recording of the Weinberg Violin sonatas that you recorded on the Naxos label together with ...

  • Interview with Cellist and Editor Valter Dešpalj

    by Oleksa Mycyk
    By Hans Jensen The music world has lost a wonderful man: Croatian cellist Valter Dešpalj who died on April 9, 2023 was an eminent soloist and c...

  • 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 In 2011, we interviewed bassist and Ovation Press editor Paul Ellison, who has contributed numerous exclusive scores for double b...

  • 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...