by Madeline Bruser | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Practicing with excess tension very often leads to repetitive strain injuries among pianists, forcing them to cancel concerts and tours and to restrict their choice of repertoire. Sometimes it even puts an end to a performer’s entire career. Yet pianist injuries...
by Madeline Bruser | Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
How does an ordinary person, flaws and all, bravely step into the light onstage and perform for others? That seems to be the million dollar question. And the answer is that you need to feel comfortable in your own skin as a performing musician. What does this mean? It...
by Madeline Bruser | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The great contralto Marian Anderson was refused the use of Constitution Hall for a performance on Easter Sunday, 1939, because she was Black. After Eleanor Roosevelt and others protested, she was granted the Lincoln Memorial for her performance instead. When she came...
by Madeline Bruser | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
A young pianist once told me an unusual story about how he had practiced for his jury exam at music school. The exam was scheduled for 9 o’clock in the morning. So the day before, wanting to be as ready as possible, he decided to practice all night. To keep himself...
by Madeline Bruser | Nov 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
We musicians are born with the ability to receive immense joy from music. It moves us so much that we feel compelled to get as close to it as possible by actually making music – by producing the sounds with our instruments and our own bodies. And sometimes we feel...
by Madeline Bruser | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mom and Dad were both very passionate, intelligent people. But so different from each other! I admired Dad for working hard and accomplishing a lot. In his moments of spare time during his 60-hour weeks as the town pediatrician, he read books and medical journals, and...
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