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. ...LINK to complete news story
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. ...LINK to complete news story
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 ...LINK to complete news story
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 ...LINK to complete news story
CLASSICALmanac Now Playing: NOVEMBER 24 Topic: EDUCATION
The 24 NOV entry of our CLASSICALmanac has been updated. ...LINK to completed revision of this page is in this weekly listing.
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.
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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. ...LINK to complete news story
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. ...LINK to complete news story
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. ...LINK to complete news story
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. ...LINK to complete news story.
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). ...LINK to complete PDF File
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 ...LINK to complete news story