Author Archives: Brandon Vamos

Self-Motivation and Summer Vacation

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Brandon Vamos

As I helped my students over the last few weeks in preparation for their juries and looked through my calendar to discover how many recitals I will be attending before the middle of May, it suddenly hit me. The end … Continue reading →

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Cycles, Shostakovich, and the Final Four

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Brandon Vamos

I often get asked about performing cycles. I am a member of a Quartet that is passionate about performing cycles of music, including the complete string quartets of Beethoven, Carter, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich (among others). But why bother with cycles? … Continue reading →

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Raising Your Self Awareness – by Brandon Vamos

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Brandon Vamos

[By Brandon Vamos (bio)] I recently worked with a student preparing a Bach suite for his recital. In his lesson, he was struggling with the many challenges one faces when playing Bach. A week later he performed the entire suite … Continue reading →

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