What Can Classical Music do for You?
If there’s one thing that almost everyone can agree on, it’s that you should study the plot of an opera before you see it or listen to it. Let’s face it: operas have plots so convoluted that even people who Read More …
I’ve made several posts for Blog Action Day, and today’s topic is inequality. In the U.S., there is a staggering inequality of access for music education, and more importantly, for classical music. This is a conscious decision made by hundreds Read More …
From a paper by John Sloboda (pdf file): The traditions and forms of the academy are, despite what some apologists claim, inaccessible to most people. Their inaccessibility is of two sorts. First, they do not reflect to most people the Read More …
Continued from: Is Classical Music Elitist? Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 2 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 3 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 4 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 5 I know, it seems like this has been going on Read More …
Continued from Is Classical Music Elitist? A few days ago, I posted part of a discussion that appeared on the website of The Guardian, a British newspaper. For brevity, I have omitted a few posts which are summarized in the Read More …
The city of Dallas owns a radio station, WRR, which is one of the few in the United States that plays classical music around the clock (although some of its programming is now syndicated and includes Broadway and all kinds Read More …
From a study by Chen AC : Pain perception and its genesis in the human brain have been reviewed recently. In the current article, the reports on pain modulation in the human brain were reviewed from higher cortical regulation, i.e. Read More …
“Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say they need people who understand teamwork, people who are disciplined, people who get the big picture. You know what they need? They need musicians.” —Former Arkansas Read More …
For never having been a trendy sort of person, amazingly, I seem to be plugged into the Zeitgeist this month. Oh, it’s not just my post for Blog Action Day, and having decided, quite fortuitously, to call my example piano Read More …
This post is a day early because I’ll be busy tomorrow with the St. Nicholas parish council. Originally I had planned to post on something else today, but I want to bring your attention to El Sistema. El Sistema (really Read More …
