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Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème is about struggling artists in Paris. Its title means „the bohemian lifestyle.“ But Bohemia isn't in France; it's in the Czech Republic. Other composers such […]
Which Broadway musical has the same plot as La Boheme?
A program featuring acclaimed conductor JoAnn Falletta, who talks about her early love of music, how seeing her first symphony concert inspired her to become a conductor, and all the […]
Make sure all the musicians are playing together at the same tempo Make all the
A. Kori Hill Maud Powell (1867–1920) learned violin fast. Like, prodigy fast! She started playing at seven in her hometown of Peru, Illinois. By thirteen, she was in Leipzig, Germany, […]
technology; folks were getting nervous because with the ability to listen to the same
A. Kori Hill Meet Sheku Kanneh-Mason. A cellist from Great Britain, he travels to different countries every year, playing solo recitals or concerts with orchestras. On April 26-27, Sheku will […]
A lot of Dmitri Shostakovich’s music sounds pretty and wonky at the same time.
A. Kori Hill Where do you go when looking for new music? Not “brand new” but new to you, whether written last year or two hundred years ago? You can […]
But reading about new music and composers isn’t the same as listening to them.
A. Kori Hill It’s time to meet Julia Perry! Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1924 and raised in Akron, Ohio, Perry pursued a composition career in the United States and […]
The text comes from a poem of the same name by friar Jacopone da Todi (ca. 1230–1306
Carl Orff (1895-1982) was a German composer and educator who developed an innovative and unique approach to music education together with colleagues Dorothee Gunther and her student Gunild Keetman. Orff […]
Melody Melody is taught in the same way.
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Each part uses the same notes, but they start one after the other until everyone
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All the notes are moving the same way, accompanying the same melody.
A. Kori Hill When you listen to Monie Love’s “It’s a Shame (My Sister)” you’ll hear quotes of The Spinners’ “It’s a Shame”. When you hear Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” […]
Sometimes it’s trills, sometimes it’s Price starting a solo on the same two notes
