Perlman Program Turns Children into Musicians | The Sag Harbor Express. “There were no beads of sweat, nor any sign of nervousness; just a passionate professionalism, seen in musical geniuses, as she swayed in time with the movement of her violin bow.”…
Classical music, opera used to disperse teen loiterers
Classical music, opera used to dispurse teen loiterers | News | London Free Press. If they had played clarinet music, it would have attracted MORE loiterers, gypsies, tramps, thieves, who gravitate to clarinet. 🙂 It would be a party. “People…
Classical music composed for the beauty hidden in our minds
Features | Online edition of Daily News – Lakehouse Newspapers. I just love the descriptions this writer uses to convey a deep appreciation of classical music: “I didn’t know how to let it (classical music, both Western and Indian) under…
Good Music welcome. Genres please stay home.
The Classical Beat – Good music, bad genres. As a classical musician, my tastes are probably more diverse than most. You would be surprised at what I like to listen to. Anne Midgette has stirred the pot on this subject…
Poem: Music described through Nature
Music, by Walter De La Mare, from the collection Music’s Spell, edited by Emily Fragos. From Books and Writers: “In his poems de la Mare has described the English sea and coast, the secret and hidden world of nature. His…
Kalmen Opperman, Master Clarinetist and Teacher, Dies at 90 – Obituary (Obit)
Kalmen Opperman, Master Clarinetist and Teacher, Dies at 90 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com. I love the following Stoltzman story about Opperman. It reminds me of a Zen teacher and the sound of two hands clapping. “Perhaps his best-known pupil…