The Catoctin School of Music

Summer is a great time to make strides in your musical studies...Here are some tips for making the most of your summer free time.

A highly debated topic amongst guitar players and teachers is guitar tablature (TAB). Tablature is a system of reading for guitar where…

To continue our series on folk instruments, let’s take a look at the Autoharp! CSM’s autoharp is a ChromaHarp by Sekova, circa 1967! What...

As the famous joke goes when asking for directions - “how do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The answer - “Practice, practice, practice!”. As...

Every once in awhile, a student will ask me a question that seems like it should be easy to answer but isn’t.

The question of Florence Price’s legacy remains important and under-discussed nearly seventy years after her death...

Today’s instrument is a little extra special because it is an instrument that the author designed and built from scratch! Let’s get to...

Heightened pulse. Sweaty hands. Shallow breath. Serious gaze. Anxious thoughts… Almost every musician has encountered some form of nerves...