Running up to the cadence…

Competition.  A word with which we musicians all have a love-hate relationship.

How can you say one artist’s expression is deeper than another’s?  Does her concept of that phrase in Schubert really better reflect the composer’s intentions?

But don’t we want our art to be recognized as great–perhaps actually *better* than someone else’s?  I mean come on, my Dante Sonata is louder than hers, right?!

A constant tug-of-war.  Don’t get me wrong, though, I do love competition and thrive on it.  Why else would I obsess like I do over triathlon?

So here we are, fining and refining in the remaining days leading up to round one.

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