Growing up in Chicago, Margaret Bonds was surrounded by music. Her mother, Estella Bonds, was an organist and fixture of the South Side’s classical music scene. Her composition teachers included […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
A. Kori Hill When Melissa White saw Itzhak Perlman play violin on Sesame Street, she knew she wanted to play too. After begging her mom for two years, she started lessons and […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
There are SO many great music scholars out there. So many folks that make it easy for us to access information on music and its history. That’s the cool thing about music scholarship: it doesn’t stay the same. Because there’s always something new to uncover or reinvestigate. Â
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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, […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
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 […]
Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was
