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Category: Performing

Why Are Live Performances So Expensive?

Posted onSaturday, 11 August 2012Tuesday, 4 September 2018AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.1 Comment

As the manager and music director of a vocal ensemble, I am the person who negotiates the contracts with employers. Often, people are shocked at the price we charge ($100 per performance, per hour, per person). Somehow they think that Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, Career, Performing

Everything You Know Is Wrong

Posted onSaturday, 30 June 2012Tuesday, 4 September 2018AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Back in the bad old days, people believed that fresh air and taking baths were unhealthy. They believed that evil spirits caused disease, that the brain had no function other than refrigeration, and a lot of other things that we Read More …

CategoriesLegal, Music Lessons, Music Lessons, Performing

The Dangers of Denial

Posted onWednesday, 28 December 2011Sunday, 9 August 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

As I have reported before, Repetitive Stress Injury (of which Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a part) is one of the two occupational hazards musicians face regularly. Every singer and instrumentalist needs to be aware of the dangers of repetitive stress Read More …

CategoriesMotor Skills, Music Lessons, Pain, Performing, Playing

Zombie Musicians

Posted onSaturday, 19 November 2011Monday, 10 August 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

I went to a great concert a few weeks ago, and as the conductor was taking his final bow, by a trick of the lighting, he suddenly had the appearance of a zombie. You know, dark eye sockets, greyed-out face Read More …

CategoriesClassical Music, Performing, Playing

My Way or the Highway

Posted onSaturday, 13 August 2011Sunday, 16 August 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.1 Comment

It is a simple, established law of nature: you can’t fight physics and win. Yet almost without exception, each student who comes in to my studio wants everything to work within their preconceived notions of how playing or singing should Read More …

CategoriesBehavior, Career, Music Lessons, Performing

Everybody’s Doing It!

Posted onSaturday, 25 June 2011Tuesday, 18 August 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

My mother used to have a theory (on the order of the Murphy’s Law type) that said, “If your child associates with another child, and that child is perfectly well-behaved with the exception of one bad habit, that bad habit Read More …

CategoriesChildren, Education, Music Lessons, Performing

Why Musicians Fail

Posted onSaturday, 15 January 2011Friday, 27 November 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Everyone wants to know how I managed to succeed in my classical music career when so many others fail, and they’re shocked when I tell them the answer. In its most basic sense, it’s treating singing like my day job. Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, Classical Music, Performing

Music and Refugees

Posted onMonday, 10 November 2008Thursday, 15 June 2017AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Today is Bloggers Unite for Refugees day, so I thought I’d post some stuff I’ve run into over the years about different countries and their policies on accepting musicians. This may be a resource for musical and artistic refugees and Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, Career, Classical Music, Performing

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