Mentors

As I prepare to enter into my 30th(!) year of teaching, I’ve been reflecting on those artists who have touched me, mentored me and taught me–those who have gone before me and have inspired me to walk my own artistic path. There have been four teachers, in particular, who have shaped my music making

Rick FergusonAugust 29, 2015

Why Beethoven?

Transcendence. I’ve known a few special people in my life who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles of one sort or another–and have come out the other end wiser and, more often than not, with more compassion toward others. I’m currently smack dab in the middle of an ongoing project…

Rick FergusonApril 1, 2015

On A Life in Music

I’ve had the great good fortune of spending much of the past fifteen years of my life helping to found and grow a community music school here in my current home of Evanston, IL. The name chosen for our organization was ‘The Musical Offering’. My co-founder (musical dynamo and genuinely beautiful person Kirsten Hedegaard)