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 […]
The Romantic era is all about emotion, intensity, density, and length.
How women in world history – Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II, Aphra Behn, Joan of Arc, Emmeline Pankhurst, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Rosa […]
this is Bell” The King and I: “Small House of Uncle Thomas” The Mother of Us All
From Dr. Kay Edwards, Miami University 1. Make the experience active: Give students specific things to listen for or do beforehand. This can include students writing down answers to questions […]
music as opportunities to change inaccurate preconceptions about other cultures; all
From Dr. Kay Edwards, Miami University Make the experience active: Give students specific things to listen for or do beforehand. This can include students writing down answers to questions posed […]
music as opportunities to change inaccurate preconceptions about other cultures; all
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 […]
since we’re in the midst of winter, we’ll start with “Winter Holiday;� all
A. Kori Hill If you study classical music, you’ve probably been told to take the edge out of your sound and make it pretty. There is so much classical music […]
Not all of them are positive, pretty, or comforting.
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 […]
on a program of music by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Margaret Bonds–all
A. Kori Hill The name José White Lafitte (1835–1918) may not be familiar to you. But he lived and worked with folks you may recognize. Like Louis Moreau Gottschalk: he […]
José White Lafitte’s career took him all over the world; but his world began in Cuba
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: […]
characterized by his orchestral work The American Scene and reflects his prioritizing of all
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 […]
Green and Ashleigh Gordon, Castle of Our Skins is all about centering Black artistry
