I started teaching before I even had a teacher. For me teaching is a joy.
With opera cues, you don’t have to count everything. It’ll be like 85 bars rest, 144 bars rest and then ‘canon explosion.’ That’s a pretty obvious cue.
My advice about playing opera. . . don’t drink too many liquids before you start.
When I walked out from behind the screen after being announced as the winner, there were gasps. The committee was flabbergasted. None of them expected a woman.
Homogenous sounding orchestras are actually going to be the death of the orchestras. I would rather hear someone have a psychotic event during a concert.
