We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.

Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.

I usually only play with very close friends.

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.