How Can We Understand Classical Music?
Laura Phillips Ward, who maintains The Discovery Orchestra’s twitter account @AhaClassical, recently forwarded me a tweet from Sweden! “How can I understand classical music I guess is the question.” This…
Stravinsky
Calling all Patrons’ Dinner Attendees – Want to Conduct The Discovery Orchestra?
Have you been waiting all your life to stand in front of an orchestra? Have you reserved your spot at our Patrons’ Dinner at Drew University this Sunday, April 19th?…
Why Classical Music Is Still Cool!
Jon Levine, in a March 8, 2015 post on Music.Mic entitled: Why Isn’t Classical Music Cool Anymore? gives us three principal factors – Cost, Time and Alienation. I love those…
It’s Right for Spring!
High school music students, like those in any other discipline, come up with some pretty funny answers to test questions from time to time. One of my personal favorites was…
Let It Snow
Are you a fan of the a cappella ensemble Chanticleer? If you enjoy male a cappella groups, Chanticleer is hopefully at or near the top of your list. This group…
Yuja and Igor
On Sunday December 7th I once again had the privilege of speaking before one of the Bank of America Series of classical music concerts at the New Jersey Performing Arts…
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