A. Kori Hill There are times when your dream isn’t derailed but postponed. That can happen for a variety of reasons. For Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999), it was because of […]
She wanted to study music at Northwestern University, but her family didn’t have
A. Kori Hill Repetition is a funny thing–it can be boring or exciting. It can make you feel like you’re going nowhere or rediscovering something familiar. You can feel all […]
First, Philip Glass (b. 1937).
A. Kori Hill In the summer of 1933, a symphony was premiered in Chicago’s Symphony Hall. It was written by a woman who’d called the city home for only six […]
Her name was Florence B. Price.
A. Kori Hill A few posts ago, we discussed signifyin(g): a formal process in Black music where older material is quoted and transformed into a new context. You can hear […]
Or maybe it’s in a different key or mode, D major instead of B minor, or A minor
A. Kori Hill No matter your age, it’s never too early (or too late!) to think about college. There are a lot of opinions about whether college is as useful […]
To start the master’s degree program, you will need to have earned a baccalaureate
Music In celebration of the Christmas season, some classical compositions that have
be done symmetrically using both hands), while older students are challenged to have
Classics for Kids Podcast Episode Listing Find More Composers at our Composer Explorer
All operas have solo singers and an orchestra — and a lot of operas have a chorus
You’ve heard it before. Behave, or some monster’s going to get you! NEVER take candy from random adults on the streets! It’s what our folks tell us to teach us […]
there is a lesson in A Fiddler’s Tale, it’s that happiness can be elusive, and you have
