A. Kori Hill Unsuk Chin is a composer based in Berlin, Germany. She was born and grew up in Seoul, Korea, where she studied piano and initially wanted to be […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill So, you’ve started prepping for your audition, and you know what major and degree you want to pursue. But there’s still a choice to make: should you […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill When Florence Price was a little girl, her parents hosted famous African Americans passing through town. Sometimes they’d host famous people like Frederick Douglass and our topic […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Where do you go when looking for new music? Not “brand newâ€� but new to you, whether written last year or two hundred years ago? You can […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill In classical music, we’ve developed a system for categorizing music by specific eras. This helps us understand particular works stylistically and chronologically. First up is the Baroque […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill César Franck was a Belgian composer who achieved great success in France. He wrote for orchestra, organ, chamber groups, and solo instruments. He was best friends with […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Betty Jackson King wrote Four Seasonal Sketches in 1955. It is dedicated to Dr. Geneva Handy Southall, a musicologist who wrote Blind Tom, the Black Pianist Composer (1849–1908), a biography of Thomas Greene […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill Do you know about the bamboula? It’s a music-dance form whose name comes from the bamboula drum. It developed in Africa and was brought to the United […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
A. Kori Hill This may be dating me, but there were some instruments when I was a kid that were just cool. Guitar? Definitely. Jazz double bass. Without a doubt. […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
Most compositions or songs begin with an introduction. It is the way in which a composer, songwriter or musician gets the attention of the listener and establishes an expectation for […]
it’s so important to not just classical music Composer Spotlight: Undine Smith Moore
