Thematic material, structure and form, melody and counterpoint, and harmony. There is much to learn about music composition from studying...

Music is organized sound - Edgard Varese In an earlier article I argued that the ability to communicate with an audience was enabled by a...

BUT DOES IT INCITE YOUR SOUL? Music has meaning. For example, a melody can be constructed with a song in mind or maybe a poem or perhaps...

How do you steer a course to manoeuvre your musicians into forming a high performance Flagship ensemble? As the leader of the Royal...

If a conductor cannot incite psychological change in the musicians and audience, then it is wasted expertise. In an earlier article I...

When I first became the Director of the Navy Band in 2002, the band was an entirely different organisation to the one that I left ten...

Tuning, intonation, and balance are the most important elements of a band or orchestra’s sound. I don’t intend to turn this theme into a...

Will you define the environment that you and your team operate in or will you let it define you? James P. Lewis in his book Working...

In my previous articles, I posed two questions: Where Are You Headed and Who Are Your Customers? I stated that if you wanted to succeed...

James P. Lewis in his book Working Together: 12 Principles for Achieving Excellence in Managing Projects, Teams, and Organizations says...

I enjoyed the privilege of leading ‘one of Australia’s premier military ensembles’ as the Director of Music of the Royal Australian Navy...

‘Music is the universal language of mankind’. As a musician it is impossible to dispute those words, which were penned by Henry Wadsworth..