Those is some bitchin' sounds, yo, written 13 hours ago, Dude! Next week those SOB's from Lost Dog get their season off to a hooowwwling start with a program at Tenri they call "Color Wheel." Lost Dog top dog Garth ("Arf!") Sunderland explains: The focus of this program is instru...

The Complete Solo Works of Fryderyk Chopin - from the Piano Studio of Arthur Greene

Live offerings - Sat., October 11, 2008 - PART II, written 2 days ago, NPR World of Opera - From Washington National Opera, Puccini's La Boheme, with Adriana Damato, Vittorio Grigolo, Nicole Cabell, Paolo Pecchioli, Hyung Yun and Trevor Scheunemann, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume.Lyric FM - Also car...

News Flash: Great Music is Hard to Write, written 11 hours ago, This Bach "controversy" is nothing new. What is a little unusual is the confusion in at least some minds regarding pieces that are seemingly incontrovertible masterpieces. If some minuet or contedanse turns out to be not by Mo...

Review of Albert Herring, written 9 hours ago, You might all be interested to see the review of the Castleton Albert Herring in the Washington Post. The former distinguished critic of the New York Times, Anne Midgette, is now with the Washington Post, maintaining the high standards for...

The Rice Brothers, Johnny and Chris, share the music of the piano and cello, in solos, duets, and ensembles with musicians from around the world who play other instruments. Classical music is featured, as well as Gospel music, jazz, ragtime, Boogie Woogie

Musiqa, written 2 days ago, I joined the artistic board of Musiqa, Houston's composer-led new music organization, this summer. We get a delayed start to our season tonight, after our first event was delayed by a certain hurricane. The program includes Thomas Ades' Court Studies,...

A new look, written 18 hours ago,

Free Download of the Week: J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, written 6 days ago, Written for the collegium musicum society, a group of professionals and students founded in 1703 by Telemann, the Orchestral Suite No. 3 was probably composed some time between 1729 and 1731. Its fame t...

Enter to Win a Chance to Record with Yo-Yo Ma!!, written 5 days ago, VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FANS AND MUSICIANS… READ ON!! Today, Indaba Music, the leading online music collaboration web application, announced an opportunity for musicians to collaborate with world-class artists through a new ...

The articles in this site have been researched to show what great composers in history have had to sacrifice and what they had to go through to give their great gift to humanity.

Annette Golden now has a profile on Sonicbids. What is..., written 2 weeks ago, Annette Golden now has a profile on Sonicbids. What is Sonicbids? It's a web site that helps bands get gigs, and promoters book the right bands. The Sonicbids community includes over 150,000 bands, singers, songwriters, ...

Goodbye, Old Friend, written 3 weeks ago,

Defending Western Culture and traditions through a rational discussion of the arts (emphasis on durable music) with unavoidable references to politics, religion, law, ranching, and the quest for a good martini.

Journalistic entries of a modern composer in the Jewish mode.

Videos of classical music composers and performances.

Olivier Messiaen: Les Yeux dans les Roues, written 3 days ago, Et les jantes des quatre roues étaient remplies d'yeux tout autour. Car l'Espirit de l'être vivant était dans les roues.Olivier Messiaen's work, particularly for the organ, is mostly of Catholic inspiration. The sentence above is from...

Revisiting Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, written 1 week ago, My son has learned Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st mvnt from his previous teacher about a year ago. Since he's entered in a local competition with this piece, he's been working on it all this time, so he can be prepared to perform with the ...

James Gilchrist Die Schöne Müllerin Oxford Lieder Festival, written 7 hours ago, Twenty-five years ago I heard Die Schöne Müllerin in a country church beside the Thames in South Oxfordshire. "How lovely", said the vicar, noting that the village is famous for its old mill. Had he known ...

A Teentaal Kayda (Kaida), written 4 days ago, Given below is a kayda along with some paltas. * Prerequisites for this Kayda: Preparation of a simpler "Tirkit" kayda, such as Dha Dha Tir Kit | Dha Dha Ti Na | Ta Ta Tir Kit | Dha Dha Dhi Na | X * (GhiRhNag = Ghi + Rh + Na + g, four syllables...