The temptation when someone asks me to play or sing something is to dive straight in.
Too often I’m halfway through the first melody before realising, even as I’m playing, that it’s too fast, too loud, too something. And it’s also too late.
How wise words from my fifth grade teacher still influence how I create When I was in grade five, my teacher Mr Jones taught us the most effective way to use coloured pencils. Start very Read more…
and what slowing down can do for music and creativity He bursts through my door, up the stairs two at a time despite my protests. ‘Kate, I practiced it slowly, just like you said, and Read more…
How a love song from 1580 became a Christmas carol This time of year I’m so immersed in Christmas music with my students (be gone, Mariah Carey!), you’d think I’d run a mile from playing Read more…
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