Barry Blogs

Music as Speech; Phrasing and Rhetoric Music is thought of a language of its own. Ever since people first used a shell or a hollow bone ...

The life of a performing artist is one of highs and lows, routine and surprises. There can be periods in which it feels like you're j...

Staying Current  The past few weeks have been really nice around here.  I've had some time off and had the pleasure of seeing and hear...

The third movement of this symphony is the most action-packed for the first bassoonist.  Every note in the part is important and mostly e...

After the soft ending of the first movement I needed to be sure to remove the mute from the bell, unlock the whisper key, remove any cond...