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For our latest Musician & Co. Book Club, we’ve been reading Emma Gannon’s “The Success Myth.” Emma writes with clarity and honesty about what we often *think* success looks like and why we chase it in our careers. But what

Life lately:

1 - planting the garden
2 - Rory’s contributions to gardening
3 - my end-of-year studio recital
4 - first New Dawn blooms
5 - rehabbing a vintage pedestal sink we found on the curb
6 - sfogliatelle & gianduia gelato from @forn

Sometimes, we chase things that seem like measures of success without stopping to ask if it’s ultimately something we want.

Our July pick for the Musician & Co. Book Club explores this, suggesting that our traditional view of success may m

Meet Daria Apostolova: Violinist, educator, and founder of @adagioweddingsstrings, based in Jacksonville, FL.

After immigrating from Ukraine in 2014 with two suitcases (one of them full of sheet music), she rebuilt her career from scratch and grew

I’m honored to have my article, “More Than Just Playing the Notes: How Musical Informances Deepen Student Learning” published in the Summer 2026 issue of Piano Magazine. So many wonderful contributions in this issue!

Create a free

This month in the Musician & Co. Book Club, we’ve been reading Cal Newport’s “Slow Productivity.”

The three principles outlined in this book are informed and enriched by a large body of work—decades of research, pa

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