Women’s History Month – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/episode-group/womens-history-month/
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Women’s History Month 5: Great Women Performers Through the centuries, there have
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Women’s History Month – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/womens-history-month/
Women’s History Month Classics For Kids Celebrates Women’s History Month! Classics for Kids®, a project of 90.9 WGUC Cincinnati, introduces classical music and its composers to a younger audience through […]
Women’s History Month 5: Great Women Performers Through the centuries, there have
Irene Britton Smith’s Sonata for Violin and Piano – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/irene-britton-smiths-sonata-for-violin-and-piano/
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 Lesson on Minimalism – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/a-lesson-on-minimalism/
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).
Understanding Symphonies Part 2: Bringing Juba to the Symphony – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/understanding-symphonies-part-2-bringing-juba-to-the-symphony/
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.
What is an Archive? – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/what-is-an-archive/
A. Kori Hill When you need to learn more about a topic, where do you go? Maybe you look up info on Wikipedia; maybe you go to your teacher and […]
But what if you have a question about the material that the author is talking about
Quotation in Classical Music – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/quotation-in-classical-music/
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
Music Analysis—The Scale Degrees – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/music-analysis-the-scale-degrees/
A. Kori Hill Ok, here’s a quick intro to the tools we use to analyze classical music: First, we need to know the names of each scale degree. As you […]
As you probably know, in classical music we deal with scales that have seven notes
Relative versus Parallel Scales – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/relative-versus-parallel-scales/
A. Kori Hill Now I hear you asking: how do you know which minor scale is related to the particular major scale???? What is a relative key versus a parallel key??? And I say: use the rule of thirds, and […]
Relative keys are scales that share the same key signature but have different tonics
Art Song & Concert Spiritual – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/art-song-concert-spiritual/
It was momentous, Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial Concert. On Easter Sunday, 1939, in response to being denied the use of DAR Constitution Hall due to her race, Anderson found herself […]
(NOTE: another term for German art song you may have seen is “lied,” “lieder” when