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Are you a student music lover and leader with big dreams for the future? Do you see yourself making a difference in the field someday, as a music educator, conductor, […]
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A. Kori Hill When you hear “popular music,” what do you think of? Likely, a big name like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, maybe Elvis Presley, or the Supremes. But in terms […]
But do you know what else it is???
Ives never tried to please anyone else with his music — he did exactly what he liked
I like to think of art songs and concert spirituals as mini operas, as they are vocal pieces that tell a dramatic, emotional story. It can be a narrative; a […]
But there is someone else on the road: the Earl King.
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 […]
had gotten so big, long, complex, and chromatic that he felt there was nowhere else
A. Kori Hill Music Hall in Cincinnati 1879, Friends of Music Hall It’s 1893. You’re sitting in Music Hall. If you’re white, you’re sitting on the orchestra level, maybe in […]
When she’s done, you and everyone else erupts into rousing applause.
Carl Orff (1895-1982) was a German composer and educator who developed an innovative and unique approach to music education together with colleagues Dorothee Gunther and her student Gunild Keetman. Orff […]
does other parts of the story, the teacher and/ or class decide to add something else
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most performances of his own works, not trusting this responsibility to anyone else
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy. He wrote his first symphony when he was eight, but actually started composing at the age of five. In this show, hear about […]
At what else did he excel?
