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“All who attended your course came away with a much better understanding of symphonic compositions, how they work, and how to appreciate them...”

I'm Having a Kid

Due this fall. My wife and I are excited, though we have an extra challenge typical of musician families: namely, a complicated living...

Grant Harville

Jun 6, 20223 min read

As a white guy from Montana, nobody is looking to me for guidance on racial issues, and for good reason: there are aspects of life in...

Grant Harville

Jun 3, 20201 min read

It's certainly been true for me: month two really has gone faster than month one. I wasn't expecting to make it through a second month of...

Grant Harville

May 17, 20204 min read

This has nothing to do with music. With ESPN desperate for programming, they've been showing a documentary about Michael Jordan and the...

Grant Harville

May 4, 20208 min read

For reasons that are probably 45% enjoyment, 45% education, and 10% masochism, I decided to watch the Metropolitan Opera's free daily...

Grant Harville

Apr 16, 20209 min read

So I was looking at the AVclub's best albums of the 2010s, and I was mildly disappointed to see that everything they chose was what is...

Grant Harville

Nov 20, 20192 min read

I've already written a little about why the late Gunther Schuller's The Compleat Conductor is such a mess. The main premise - that you...

Grant Harville

Feb 8, 20184 min read

Thank you for visiting my new website. (And thanks to Emily Wolfram for her beautiful work putting it together.) Here you'll find videos...

Grant Harville

Jan 23, 20181 min read