An example of “leadership perspective” . . .
In my last posting I started a discussion on Total Quality and how it is time to expand the focus of quality onto Total Quality Leadership, or as a reply from a reader termed it: TQM 2.0 (I like...
View ArticleClassical Music in the French Countryside. . . The Long Game
I don’t know if it’s a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I’ve lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry. -Helen Reddy It’s July....
View ArticleClassical Music and Never Let an Engineer Write a User’s Manual
If you are a parent (and even if not) you have probably experienced trying to assemble a child’s toy or a BBQ or a piece of furniture from IKEA using the supplied reference manual. Take bolt “B” and...
View ArticleMusic Soothes the Savage Breast . . .
Music has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. I’ve read, that things inanimate have mov’d, And, as with living Souls, have been inform’d, By magic numbers and...
View ArticleA Little Hors d’oeuvre from our Music Festival in France
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ~Bob Marley In my last post from the foothills of the Pyrenees in the south of France, I wrote about the richness of learning when...
View ArticleYoung Virtuosi Promotional Video
This week at the Festival Musique de la Vallee du Cougain in the south of France we have brought along a professional film crew to capture the great performances of these talented young musicians. In...
View ArticleNo Concert Tonight . . .
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. ~Mahatma Gandhi After five concerts in a row, today the Young Virtuosi musicians have a day off. The final Gala Concert is Saturday evening...
View ArticleClassical Music in the South of France
If music be the food of love, play on! ~William Shakespeare No more “business” posts from me for a while (I can hear the cheering!). For the next two weeks I will be helping my wife run and manage...
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