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Tag: book review

Posted on December 30, 2019December 18, 2020

Countdown to 2020: The Top 5 Posts of 2019

I didn't want to get too sappy for this one, but this year has been a big one for me! I started the year working three jobs while being a part-time student, started grad school in the second half of the year, and learned how to better plan and craft blog posts that hopefully help …

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Posted on November 16, 2019December 24, 2020

Book Review: Presence by Amy Cuddy

Book cover of Presence by Amy Cuddy

I've been procrastinating this review for most of the year because this book, Presence, influenced me so deeply that I wanted to do it justice. While I may not be able to do just that, at least I can share this resource with people who would benefit from it: musicians, creatives, and people living in …

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Posted on October 5, 2019December 24, 2020

Book Review: Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer

This book has been on my reading list for a while (and I think it got there from its mention in an Adam Neely video), but it was my class on Musical Expectation that pushed me to finally read it, and I'm so glad I did. Leonard B. Meyer writes from his perspectives as a …

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Posted on March 22, 2019January 4, 2021

Book Review: The Art of Practicing by Madeline Bruser

Madeline Bruser, a Juilliard graduate and an authorized instructor of mindfulness meditation brings these two aspects of her life into her book The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart. In this work, she not only covers the physical aspects of playing an instrument in avoiding injury and freeing the body, …

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Posted on March 9, 2019January 16, 2021

Book Review: Piano Notes by Charles Rosen

Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist by Charles Rosen cover

Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist comes from Charles Rosen, a notable concert pianist, music critic, and overall celebrated thinker of music of the common practice period. His most well-known volumes on music are Sonata Forms, The Classical Style, and The Romantic Generation. Both of these large volumes were influential in the fields of …

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Posted on October 9, 2017December 27, 2018

Book Reviews: Jane Eyre

This is another book that helped shape me. In some ways, Jane is the typical heroine: she grows up in hardship and develops a strength that can only be grown from that kind of upbringing. Then a mysterious man who also needs healing crosses paths with her, and they complement each other. She saves him, …

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Posted on October 2, 2017

Book Reviews: Ella Enchanted

To start off the Monday Book Reviews, I thought it would be perfect to choose something meaningful to me. Ella Enchanted is a children's fairy tale by Gail Carson Levine. It helped shape me. A re-telling of Cinderella, the story follows Ella of Frell in her journey to be freed of her "obedience curse." Every time I …

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