Several musical performances have been sent to me recently that feature either super-talented young performers or actual child prodigies. So often my generation seems to believe that the future of classical is bleak and that in the future we’ll only have rap and “movie music!” Each week, I listen on NPR to “From the Top” [...]
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A Fun way to enjoy a Bach Fugue!
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Classical Music
You just never know what you’re going to find when you enter an FAO Schwartz Store, do you? I remember taking my daughter there in the late 80′s and we were both just mesmerized by the multi-storied expanse of toys and stuffed animals. There’s also a famous keyboard there and one day, two Juilliard students [...]
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Despite Anxiety and Naysayers, Composer Wins Her Pulitzer
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Classical Music
Being a serious composer in this day and age is not easy for anyone, but despite the critics and the naysayers, this young woman prevailed! Article was taken from the New York Times. By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER Published: April 21, 2010 PHILADELPHIA — Jennifer Higdon wishes there were a 12-step program on how to deal with [...]
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Yo-Yo Ma Knows the Healing Power of Music
March 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Classical Music
In 1961, Pablo Casals played for John F. Kennedy at the White House. The concert could be seen as a symbol of the importance of the arts to the Kennedy administration, or as a gesture of honor to a great cellist. But there’s no question, when the concert is re-created next year as part of [...]
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Classical Music
This is an extremely creative and unique musical performance. Did you know that at many times throughout the history of music, composers have come to the conclusion that every possible melody, harmony and musical composition had already been written and that there was nothing new to compose? At least that’s what one of my music [...]
Have you heard Lee Luvisi?
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Classical Music
Lee Luvisi, my piano professor, plays tonight! Tonight I get to hear one of the greatest pianists in the world! Now it’s possible that I could be just a little bit prejudiced because he happened to be my own piano professor for my undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano performance, but we each get to [...]
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More new on the trip to Paris
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Classical Music
Chantdoc preparing to go to Paris It seems as though it’s been a very long time since I was in Paris for more than just to transfer planes. I spent six weeks there in the summer fo 1987 doing my Ph.D. dissertation research. My dissertation was on “Wanda Landowska and the Revival of the Harpsichord: [...]
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Do you know about Wanda Landowska?
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Classical Music
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Wanda Landowska, not unless you’re either a harpsichordist or an afficianado of early music. Wanda Landowska happens to be the woman who (almost) single-handedly revived the harpsichord as a performing instrument. You see, once the piano was invented and perfected, around 1711, (in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristifori) the harpsichord [...]
