One of my teaching mentors had a memorable sign up in her room as you entered: “None of us is as smart as all of us.” At the start of every semester, we take an inventory of the performers in our midst. The list of skills culled from each class is vast and impressive ...
One of our visiting artists shared this with a class a few years back. I made copies and put them up in the bathroom. (At the studio, that’s the place to put important announcements.) The author is composer John Cage ...
For the past three years, one of my favorite moments during a typical weekday involves the brief chats I have with families in our drop off/pick up car line. When a student makes a breakthrough, discovers a moment, or connect with classmates during a rehearsal or class session...