Michele Galvagno

Dotzauer Project: a deep dive on the Twelve Pieces, Op. 58

Foreword It was a rainy day in early 2012, in Sion, south-west Switzerland. Few months had passed since my forced decision of abandoning my studies there with my cello teacher, Prof. Marcio Carneiro, shortly after completing my Bachelor of Music path. The Euro currency had dramatically fallen, and my parents had decided not to economicallyContinue reading “Dotzauer Project: a deep dive on the Twelve Pieces, Op. 58”

Artistic Score Engraving — March Newsletter

Dear all, It is quite hard to be writing when so much is happening around us. Nevertheless, I think it is our solemn duty, as artists, musicians, creative content creators, to keep working ten times as hard as before so that our spirits may soar to new heights and help us face these critical times.Continue reading “Artistic Score Engraving — March Newsletter”

Understanding and managing Time Machine snapshots

Originally posted on The Eclectic Light Company:
Finding out how much free space there is on an APFS disk is notoriously difficult. Depending on where you look, its size comes and goes, and it’s not uncommon to see it apparently change by tens or even the odd hundred GB in the space of a few…

Last Week on My Mac: Still struggling with snapshots

Originally posted on The Eclectic Light Company:
It’s strange to think that most of us have now been using APFS for well over four years, but it still surprises and baffles us. Much of this week I’ve been looking at snapshots, one way or another, whether they’re the vanilla variety which live alongside the volume…

NEW EDITION: Arrangement of David Popper’s “Wie einst in schöner’n Tagen”, for two cellos

As a cello teacher, it is paramount that I always have an accompaniment ready to play with my students at any moment. This may prove easy if the repertoire is made of cello duets or baroque/classical sonatas for cello and basso, but it may become a problem when the piece is original for cello andContinue reading “NEW EDITION: Arrangement of David Popper’s “Wie einst in schöner’n Tagen”, for two cellos”