Author: ben

This article was originally written for the ITA Journal. Since last issue’s column was subtitled “There Oughta Be a Law…” , I thought we’d get all warm and fuzzy this Continue Reading →

This article was written for the ITA Journal. After spending 34 years in an orchestra, I have become extremely unhappy with the mediocrity of ensemble performance (in a musical sense, Continue Reading →

This article was written for The Instrumentalist magazine. Style: mysterious, elusive, inscrutable. Experts disagree on what it is. They can tell you everything it isn’t, but they can’t tell you Continue Reading →

This article was written for The Instrumentalist magazine. The age of the super conductor has arrived. There have never been so many capable orchestral conductors as there are today. Incredible Continue Reading →