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In 20th Century Fox’s zany comedy from 1957, “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter,” the hero achieves exactly the success he had always craved and presumably lives happily ever after. For musicians, achieving success is hard enough, but sustaining it over a long career is even harder. In this month’s blog, we look at how several musicians managed it… or didn’t.
Read MorePlaying in an orchestra can be an intense and exhausting occupation. Maintaining a high level of performance night after night isn’t easy and sometimes orchestra musicians may give less than their best—often called “mailing it in.” To learn what causes these lapses and how they can be prevented, read this article.
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