What is Pride & Practicing?
The Pride & Practicing newsletter is a thoughtful resource for all who practice music. While working on a musical instrument is by its nature a solitary endeavor, your Pride & Practicing subscription connects you with a community of people around the world coming together for inspiration and support. Pride & Practicing offers ideas, practical tools, and in-depth explorations to enrich your musical life in a deeply meaningful way. Browse the archives, and click here for more of the flavor of what Pride & Practicing can offer you. To learn more about lead author Rachel Matthews, DMA, NCTM, click here.
Why subscribe to Pride & Practicing?
Invest in your own practicing! Subscribe to get full access to the email newsletter and website. Every new edition of the newsletter goes directly to your inbox. Stay up to date and never miss a practice tool!
FREE ARTICLES are posted at least every other week
PAID SUBSCRIBERS become part of a growing community of people who practice, joining together for mutual inspiration, encouragement and support. In addition to the free articles, paid subscribers receive these additional benefits:
• weekly articles and regular featured practice tools with detailed commentary
• access to all past practice tools and other posts in the Archive
• the opportunity to participate in group discussion threads across the Pride & Practicing community
• an occasional practice-along feature: detailed, step-by-step practice guides for specific pieces of music at various levels
• interviews with distinguished performing artists about their practice
• the opportunity to send in a photo of your hands at the piano for use as a thumbnail image in the newsletter
• And: subscribers have their names published in the newsletter each time they achieve 100 days of practice (starting from their date of subscription)
A word about FOUNDING MEMBER subscriptions:
If you find that Pride & Practicing supports your practicing every day of the year and you have the means, consider subscribing at the level of $1 a day! Founding members receive invitations to special Zoom practice clinic/Q&A sessions three times a year, as well as the opportunity for one individual practice consultation on Zoom each year.
Beyond that: if this fits for you, I invite you to treat your 365-day Founding Member subscription as a PLAY EVERY DAY challenge! Founding members who reach the milestone of practicing every day for a year will receive (if they choose) a special write-up in the newsletter, along with warmest congratulations from across the Pride & Practicing community.
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