By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. The end of 2012 has brought a deluge of e-mails into my Inbox. Some were holiday greetings, coupled with updates on an artist’s current activities. Others were invitations to a showcase or to visit with an artist at the conferences which take place in New [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. The New Year presents us with a wonderful opportunity to take stock of our individual goals and priorities and address them with renewed vigor and dedication. For many of us, these may include some of the following: creating a website or regularly updating an existing [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I am very grateful to my longtime friend and colleague, Albert Imperato, for sharing his time and expertise with me in connection with today’s blog post. Albert is a veteran of the public relations industry and Founding Partner of 21C Media Group, Inc. Most of [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I have often wondered whether violists are more entrepreneurial than other groups of musicians. I have written about Nadia Sirota and have had Jessica Meyer as a guest on this blog, to name just two whom I admire greatly. This idea was reinforced when I [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I am frequently asked how musicians can be expected to handle the various artistic, administrative, financial, and performance related responsibilities they must regularly juggle and still not have their performances suffer in quality. I actually wrote about this in an earlier column entitled Time out [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. One of the questions I am asked most frequently when I meet with students at music schools and conservatories is: How important is it to have a website? I increasingly tell them that it is very important. The challenge for a musician who is still [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. For those who live along the eastern seaboard of the United States, this past week was filled with overwhelming challenges, including displacement from homes, freezing temperatures, loss of electrical power, extensive property damage and financial loss. Many of us have read about the telethon organized [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. On Monday, October 15, while reading the Arts section of The New York Times, I was struck by the fact that more than half of one page was taken up by two reviews of concerts that had very small audiences and that were performed by [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I am often asked by artists and ensembles how they can gain recognition for themselves and build a following. The easiest way to answer them is by way of example. Prior to March 1, 2012, I don’t think that Sybarite5 was on my radar screen. [...]
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By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. When I had the pleasure of meeting with participants in the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival last summer, I addressed a number of questions that had been submitted in advance. One question concerned playing on music cruises, and how to apply for such opportunities. I [...]
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