Recollections: A Pianist's Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living, Robert Weirich

Recollections: A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living gathers dozens of articles Robert Weirich wrote for various music journals, including Clavier, over the last four decades. The essays are linked by new writing that is both memoir and an exploration of the place of the arts in American society. Weirich addresses many aspects of making a career in music—from getting started to the importance of teachers, competitions, and the question of sustainability. Whether one ascends to the Carnegie stage or teaches little fingers to play, the underlying aspirations—at their purest—are the same.