August 22nd, 2022 by Katherine Moller
So I finished up my residency last Friday. The past two weeks were long, hard, wet, cold, and very productive! I wrote 30 new fiddle tunes and put together 15 medleys for the new recording. The recording will likely be about 12 tracks long, but I always like having a few extras when I go […]
July 12th, 2022 by Katherine Moller
Did you know that there are several stages to learning something new? This can be with driving a car, starting a new job, or learning an instrument. The process of learning is a constant work in progress and that progress has quite a few steps before you get to where you want to be, feeling […]
June 6th, 2022 by Katherine Moller
I just got off the road with Symphony NB and thought you might be curious about how I practice leading up to our concerts. Symphony NB is a part-time orchestra, so we all have other work that we do in between concerts. Usually, we get our music a few weeks before our first rehearsal. Our […]
This past weekend I did some busking at the Kingston Farmers’ Market just outside of Saint John. I have been busking now for close to 20 years. I have busked on the streets of Victoria, BC (my first ever busking experience), Galway, Ireland, at a gas station outside of Fredericton, NB, and at farmers’ markets […]
May 2nd, 2018 by Katherine Moller
I tend to write most of my music over one or two weeks during the summer. I have been lucky enough to get residencies through the Fredericton Arts Alliance the past 8 years. So, here is the question. Why do I write most of my music during these residencies and not the rest of […]
January 30th, 2018 by Katherine Moller
I have been thinking about practicing quite a lot recently. It has come up in three ways in my life recently, and I want to share my thoughts with you. I belong to a group of female musicians, and recently one of the members was talking about feeling like a fraud because she was not […]
January 2nd, 2018 by Katherine Moller
So, I love Pilates! I have been doing Pilates for probably close to five years now. I feel good about myself, and am proud of how far I have come! I feel strong, and I feel healthy. My teachers are very supportive and are constantly telling me how strong I am, and how advanced I […]
September 7th, 2016 by Katherine Moller
I have been writing fiddle tunes for the past 15 years or so, but only started doing so with any regularity six years ago. At the moment I write all of my tunes with my fiddle in my hands, and have come up with a few strategies. Since I am currently in the process of […]