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Monday, 28 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
The news that anonymous donors had promised the Yale School of Music $100 million came too late for Stephanie Teply, a violinist who graduated from the school with a master of music degree in 2003. The gift, announced this month, will enable the school to offer free tuition to all students starting next year.
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Saturday, 26 November 2005
Classical Plays a New Tune
Now Playing: Orchestras are embracing modern works with melody
Topic: EDUCATION
After years of trying preconcert hors d'oeuvres and Mostly Mozart festivals to stem declining attendance and attract younger patrons, orchestras around the country are banking on something different: new music that audiences actually enjoy.
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Friday, 25 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
Creative Genius - and Determined Parents: Preternaturally Precocious Musicians Kit Armstrong and Alex Prior
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Thursday, 24 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
Classical music isn't carrot juice for the soul; it's a powerful narcotic, writes Ivan Hewett
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Wednesday, 23 November 2005
What Kind of Classical Guitar Do You Need?
Now Playing: By Ron Forbes-Roberts
Topic: EDUCATION
There are many factors to consider when shopping for a classical guitar
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Childrens development through classical music
Topic: EDUCATION

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Now Playing: NOVEMBER 24
Topic: EDUCATION
The 24 NOV entry of our CLASSICALmanac has been updated.
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Monday, 21 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
SCOTLAND'S foremost classical composer has condemned the standard of music education in schools, claiming it is fuelling the "terminal decline" of the arts. James MacMillan, composer and conductor for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, fears Scottish music faces a "doomsday scenario" as interest in classical concerts dwindles and audience numbers plunge to embarrassingly low levels. ...link



Wednesday, 16 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
Do you feel baffled when you hear a lot of modern or contemporary classical music? You're not alone. Just ask concert pianist Peter Serkin, who has made a specialty of performing modern and contemporary works ever since he first burst on the scene in the late 1960s. ...link



Wednesday, 9 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
It should be music to a parent's ears to hear that students who enroll in music classes tend to score higher on standardized tests.
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Sunday, 6 November 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
How to buy a piano
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Monday, 31 October 2005

Now Playing: Young Asians dominating classical music contest
Topic: EDUCATION
The Long-Thibaud is a case in point: more than half of the 41 qualifiers came from east Asia, and another three were Asians living in Europe or North America. Even more remarkable was their staying power through several eliminatory rounds.
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Thursday, 13 October 2005

Topic: EDUCATION
Defining contemporary classical music can be a sticky business. With popular culture and musical forms filtering in through the experience and musical vocabulary of composers and performers, the lines of stylistic distinction often become blurry. When the relative values of live performance and recorded products are called into question, it gets even more complicated.
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Wednesday, 5 October 2005
Recent discovery of a complete set of Renaisance instruments
Topic: EDUCATION
At the new Friends of St Cecilias' Website's Soundboard.
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It contains a number of PDF files written about by the curator of the Raymond Russell collection Darryl Martin (Grant O'Brien is evidently leaving) ie, restringing harpsichords, the harpsichord of native English builders between the Virginal and Georgian periods, ect and some other gems as well. Old instruments found in the Freiberg Cathedral (in a Crypt that had been previously the Choir).
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Monday, 3 October 2005
-- 2006 ARSC CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS --
Now Playing: ARSC is now accepting proposals for presentations....
Topic: EDUCATION
...to be given during its 40th annual conference, in Seattle, Washington, May 17-20, 2006. ARSC is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods -- and invites program proposals on any aspect of recorded sound of interest to our community of collectors, historians, musicians, preservationists, and archivists. Presentations on recording activities in the Seattle area are especially encouraged. We seek talks, papers, panel sessions, and demonstrations that are informative, well organized, display a passion about the subject, and include compelling audio and/or visual content. The deadline for proposal submissions is November 5, 2005. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by January 2006. According to ARSC policy, presenters must register for the conference. For more information or a proposal form, visit
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