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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What do you know about "Second Life"?
By Dr. Alice Cash on September 16, 2009 in Affiliate Promos, Classical Music, Music Medicine, Music Research, Wanda Landowska and Harpsichord
Do you know about “Second Life”? Several months ago I was interviewed by Dave Schwartz of Music Academy Online. The hour-long interview was done in Second Life, a technology that gives humans animated avatars on-screen. The interviewed focused on the research I did on the famous harpsichordist, Wanda Landowska. We discussed my sources and how I […]
In case of illness, turn to Bach
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 20, 2009 in Classical Music, Genres of healing music, Music and Emotion, Music and the Mind-Body
Does Bach’s Music have a Regenerative Effect? There is an interesting article by Avis O. Gachet, “A Walk with the Master” (Charlotte Observer, August 8, 2007), which carries the subtitle “In times of trouble, teens turn to music. Let’s hope it’s Bach.” Gachet, a personal friend from far back in Hickory, relates how the music […]
More new on the trip to Paris
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: […]
Can Music Improve Test Scores?
Improving Test Scores with Music When I go out to speak to teachers, parents, and education administrators, I usually tell them that a simple way students can improve test scores is by listening to certain types of music such as Mozart’s Sonata for Two Piano’s in D Major before taking a test. This type of music […]