What Can Classical Music do for You?
If we listened to music other than the greatest hits of the anointed few, might we be impressed by some ignored masterpiece? For example, consider Florence Price, the first black woman to have had her music performed by a major Read More …
We’ll start off the month with one of my favorites, Edmond Dédé. He’s got a Wikipedia article that has some detail. But to really understand his legacy and the odds against him, look at this article from New Orleans Public Read More …
Today, March 21, is the 192nd anniversary of the premiere of the Grosse Fuge. According to Benjamin P. Hardy writing on Medium, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote five of the fifty greatest pieces of music ever created. “But in order to Read More …
At least once a week, I like to skim the list of new additions to the Naxos Music Library, listening to a few tracks that pique my interest. (You can pay for the Naxos Music Library, but you might have Read More …
Times change. Two hundred years ago, at the time of Jane Austen, every young lady who had any aspirations of a middle-class or higher life was expected to have “accomplishments,” among which was included music, especially singing or playing an Read More …
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Bastien und Bastienne performed in its entirety by students from the University of North Texas and the Dallas Opera Orchestra at NorthPark Centre. I suspect this might also be tied in with the Read More …
It might seem odd for a teacher of singing to tell you to think twice about lessons, but a very important article was just published in The Guardian. While the paper would gladly let me excerpt 500 words, there is Read More …
How Classical Music Changed my Life When I was a teenager, I remember listening to popular music and waiting around for something I liked. I listened to the radio night after night, wondering what all the fuss about music was Read More …
If you haven’t been keeping up, the Fort Worth Symphony musicians are on strike. Performances are cancelled until the strike is resolved. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, in a nutshell, the musicians took a pay cut Read More …
I’ve been blogging for years about the benefits of listening to classical music, and I’m happy to experiment on myself, but it’s sometimes hard to tell when something is working. However, being able to see a dramatic change in other Read More …
