Monthly Archives: May 2018

Rediscovering Leisure

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Micah Everett

The first week or two after the end of the spring semester might be my favorite time of each academic year. While it is true that I only teach full time about eight months of the year, those eight months … Continue reading →

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Three Areas of Tension that Brass Players Miss

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Micah Everett

Brass instruments are amazingly simple devices. In their simplest form, these “lip-reed aerophones” as Anthony Baines called them are just tubes into one end of which players vibrate their lips to generate musical tones. The overtone series native to a … Continue reading →

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The Boring Part Comes Before the Fun Part

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Micah Everett

Our society’s obsession with fun is, I fear, one of our most harmful collective traits at the present moment. We see this in the workplace, where positions in challenging yet necessary and well-compensated trades go unfilled. We see this in … Continue reading →

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