Trinity Le, CFK Intern Many of us are familiar with Dvorak’s “New World Symphonyâ€� No. 9 with its sweeping melodies inspired by the rolling, vast landscape of America. He wrote […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Over a hundred years ago, there lived a guy named Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951). He was frustrated because Classical music had gotten so big, long, complex, and chromatic […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill It’s never too late to find new composers to check out. Since we’ve recently celebrated Black History Month, I thought it’d be nice to check out some Black composers that don’t always make the listicles […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Did you know that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s daughter, Avril, was also a composer and a conductor? If you didn’t, no worries; even some of us adults are just now learning […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill It’s time to meet Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. He grew up in the last few decades of the Victorian era and was a celebrated composer. Born in London, England, […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Das Jahr (The Year) is a character piece by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. It’s thirteen movements–twelve are inspired by each month of the year–and the last one is […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), was a virtuoso violinist, composer, conductor, and fencer. His life brought him into contact with many famous people. As the music […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Some folks joke that Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) wrote the same concerto 200 times. He didn’t; he wrote at least 300, some think as many as 500, though […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Tai Murray was born in Chicago. She is one of six kids, and as a kid, she became fascinated with the violin. She couldn’t get enough of […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill In 1943, William Grant Still wrote a piece for his friend, violinist Louis Kaufman. It was called Suite for Violin and Piano. But first, a little intro: […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
