Boonshaft’s Blog
#4. One More Rehearsal
If you knew that your next rehearsal would be your last rehearsal, how would it be different? Time is a gift promised to no one. Peter Loel Boonshaft, Director of Education KHS...
#3. Familiarity Breeds Ignoring
Choose one thing you regularly do in rehearsal. It could be anything: one phrase you say just before you start conducting, one activity you do in a warm-up, or one gesture you...
#2. Habitual Sight
Have you noticed yourself looking at the same few students as you teach or conduct? I do, and I find they fall into two categories: those who are always looking back at me,...
#1. Hmmm…
I saw an advertisement while walking through an airport today. It read, “Tomorrow will be nothing like today.” And it bothered me, but I couldn’t figure out why. As I thought...
Back to School Message
That first day of school is approaching. And with it comes many thoughts and feelings: worries about everything that needs to be done the first few days...