Weekend Links

Keyboard-driven vehicle

Here are some links from around the web that are worth a read:

• Schmopera reviews a recent Canadian Art Song Project recital in Toronto.
• Karen King looks at best practices in studio policies.
• Elephants are an endangered species, and new US policies on ivory banning might not be helping.
• Need to learn music faster? If so, you might need some learning hacks.
• Are you a genius? If not, it's still useful to know about their daily routines.
• Need a better routine? Annie Dillard offers timeless wisdom on how it can influence your quality of life. 
• Jodi Levitz talks about the why of playing viola.

Finally (via Slipped Disc), a short film about spending a gentlemanly afternoon with Arthur Rubinstein as he rehearses with Heifetz and Piatigorsky: