Dave Brumbaugh, Author at Uptown Music Collective

Walk This Way: Trust, Choice and the Second Full Rehearsal

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 6, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Walk This Way: Trust, Choice and the Second Full Rehearsal Special Performance Group participants are exceptional in a lot of ways. It’s rare in the world of youth oriented activities to have students who come from so many different areas, some close and some...

Walk This Way: Just Another Saturday

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

Walk This Way: Just Another Saturday Just another Saturday at the Uptown Music Collective…. This time of year there’s always a lot going on at the Uptown Music Collective as Special Performance Group 1 activities collide with lessons, classes, and...

Walk This Way: Here Come the Tech Monkeys

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 5, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Walk This Way: Here Come the Tech Monkeys Behind the scenes at any Uptown Music Collective performance there is a unique support culture that the audience only gets an occasional glimpse of. It’s this culture which has made the school’s performances successful, and...

Walk This Way: First Steps of the 2019-2020 Performance Season

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 5, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Walk This Way: First Steps of the 2019-2020 Performance Season The first Special Performance Group 1 rehearsals of the year took place over the weekend. Two days, and 10 hours of rehearsal. 27 Aerosmith songs. 27 young musicians. For 8 of them it was their first time...

Runnin’ Down a Dream: Reps and 14 hours of Rehearsal

by Dave Brumbaugh | Apr 9, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Runnin’ Down A Dream: Reps and 14 hours of Rehearsal The key to success in any performance oriented activity, whether it’s ice skating, football, music, or basket weaving, is repetition. As a young man I learned the phrase “repetition is the mother of skill”,...