With cancelled gigs and the disappearance of live performances due of Covid-19, why are we still having performance anxiety dreams? Franny and Jeannette discuss the underlying anxieties for these recital nightmares. Note: We actually recorded this awhile ago, when the … Continued

The first of our listening series, in which we report with recordings we’ve been recently enjoying in hopes that you’ll share in the fun Max Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed: Daniel HopeKonzerthaus Kammerorchester BerlinAndré de RidderInt. Release 28 Apr. 2014 https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4792777 Liszt-Horowitz: … Continued

In this edition of our holiday episode, Jeannette quizzes Francis on weird Holiday facts, like the real meaning of We Wish You a Merry Christmas, how much it would cost to put on the 12 Days of Christmas, who invented … Continued

Fresh from his time at Juilliard, Francis and Jeannette take the opportunity to talk about both their experiences of having studied there.

So so sorry for the ridiculously long break! But we’re back, and we’ve got various news items to report as we catchup over the last year.

Jeannette sits down with pianist and pedagogue Stijn De Cock for a conversation on teaching, work/life balance, and much more. Stijn teaches at Florida State University, and is the founding director of the Brancaleoni International Music Festival. He will be … Continued

Jeannette interviews Francis on Rhetoric in Music for a look into the origins and philosophies of it in historical performance, and how musicians today can apply it to their own performances.

Happy Holidays everyone! We hope you all had a relatively stress-free gigging season and your travels went without snafu. For this special holiday episode, we find out about a whole bunch of weird facts about Christmas Carols, Bach, and Christmas … Continued

Who likes to talk about money? No one. Especially musicians. Ew. Gross. So low. Don’t sully yourself with this dirty money talk. Leave that to Franny and Jeannette in this episode. Except, they just think that everyone should be more … Continued