Feb 22, 2021
Pianist Luke Gillespie and I chat about baseball, haiku poetry, ping pong, talking to trees, and finding moments of beauty in our lives. Luke is living proof you can be deeply analytical and profoundly human at the same time.
Feb 15, 2021
Frank Diaz draws on several decades of mindfulness scholarship, practice, and education to answer the big question: what is mindfulness? Through guided exercises and discussion we explore what constitutes a serious mindfulness practice, how it relates to music performance and deep listening, and how to realize...
Feb 1, 2021
Kris Johnson – trumpeter, educator, composer, and arranger – joins me to reimagine the education system for the modern age. All music educators should tune in for this one! We talk about the calling of mentorship, bringing lions into the classroom, and we pay our respects to the recently departed Courtney Isaiah Smith.