Violist Charlotte Goode responds to questions from our readers!

You can do your practice, work efficiently and mindfully, and still have time to live life. You can give yourself permission...

Ana Maria Locke is pursuing a DMA in clarinet performance at the University of Iowa...Ana is the editor and creator of the website VWCM...

Once upon a time, I was a young high schooler with big hopes and dreams for my college career. When you flash forward to the present day...

Hello! I am Charlotte, a 1st-year saxophone DMA ...my past week and a half week was quite unique and I can’t wait to share it with you all!

We’re told that only perfection wins jobs, only perfection can lead to success. We’re surrounded by perfect recordings...

Ilse Weber was a multi-talented artist, author, poet, and composer born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1903.

...reflections and shared conversations between myself & others as we grapple with the reality that is life as a university student...

Dear Reader, I considered not writing anything, but I couldn't help myself...

Why am I vaguely describing some nondescript heroine? Because it’s HARD to ask myself this question of what my legacy is...

Game composers want to create great art that draws people in, and encourages them to be a part of the story, both in the game world and...

There are many factors that push Black composers out of work, but I want to focus on how academia institutionally fails Black composers.

How do I start preparing for a recital? When do I start preparing for my recital? Read on for some ideas...

“Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Regina George.”

This competition to be the “token woman” stems from having to constantly be the best of the best in your craft when being compared to men

I realized that everyone around me seemed to have so much more knowledge and... I began to realize that I didn’t know what I didn’t know

...invite them into this new world, and start to change what this genre looks like to those in it, and those who feel like outsiders.

exerting presence and pressure in both political and social spaces, artists can engage in dismantling barriers that musicians of color face

There are few things I enjoy more in this world than sleep in all its wondrous forms...

burnout can be a slippery slope to self-deprecation, injury... If you don’t, your body will force you to take one, one way or another.