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, […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
A. Kori Hill Amaryn Olmeda is a 16-year-old violinist from Melbourne, Australia. She’s been playing violin since she was three and half and loved it so much she decided to […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
A. Kori Hill The Mississippi River is a big deal. It’s not the longest river in the US – that’s the Missouri. But it’s played a big role in American […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
A. Kori Hill When you take a music theory class, you’ll hear about sonata form, rondo form, ABA or ternary form, AABA form, 12-bar blues, and verse-chorus form. But one […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
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 […]
Kori Hill and Kristy Swift, two professors of musicology (the academic study of music
