Category: Music
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BuzzFeed and Pop Music
It’s not often I get to use BuzzFeed as a reference for my students. But while learning about international pop musicians, I ran across this post from BuzzFeed. I was blown away by a band call Tricot from Japan and G-Dragon from Korea. Some others were super interesting and have now been added to the rotation…
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Mytwosentences 103
Originally posted on Mytwosentences: Morning sunshine splashed across my face as I dawdled about the pelagic place where crowds bustled and weighty trade ships once docked. The sway of this me and my shadow moment was magnified by the frothy freshness of salty sea air which instantly invigorated an otherwise ordinary nature of breathing. (Photo:…
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Gorgeous Army Trumpeting: O Magnum Mysterium
Originally posted on Essential Trumpet Lessons: The United States Army Band Pershing’s Own Trumpet Ensemble performed Marten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” at the 2014 National Trumpet Competition at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA., on Friday, March 21, 2014. Webcast, recorded, edited and produced by CYM VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Big Flute In Performance
I was watching video’s on the New York Times: In Performance page and was blow away by this piece. Love discovering new stuff. Some of the sounds between this duo and their use of spoken word and melody really caught my attention. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000003275276&playerType=embed
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Westerlies Tour
Originally posted on Zubin Hensler: I’m on the first day of a week long tour with The Westerlies! Woke up this morning in snowy Pittsburgh, where we’re playing at the Carnegie Library this afternoon. We’ve gotten some nice press leading up to these shows, check out our full schedule below.
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Ornithology
Originally posted on Good Music Speaks: Bird Charlie Parker Yardbird I still remember the first time I heard a recording by Charlie Parker. I was 15 years old and the band director at the school was going to teach us to play “Billie’s Bounce”, or at least the melody of the tune. I don’t know…
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Clark Terry RIP
One of my favorite moments as a trumpet student was listening to Clark Terry warm up back stage before a performance. He is also responsible for helping to shape my view of music and becoming a musician. In a master class his quote to the class about improvisation was “first you must imitate, then you…
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Grateful: Four Circular Things
Originally posted on The Best of It: Four circular things made me feel grateful this week. My double nickel birthday excitement has not ended, and this is the latest, and continuing, celebration of my “play every day” year. Crazy, I know. Crazy fun. I have my first lesson this week. I’m finding it good therapy…
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Cool Article Bout’ Bjork
I’ve been a fan of her music for almost two decades now. I think Alex Ross has written an interesting piece for the Guardian about some of her favorite pieces of music. From Mahler to Steve Reich to Public Enemy… I love the diversity in her library. How Bjork broke the sound barrier
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I Was Feeling This Way Also
Recently I listened to an NPR classical music podcast call Conducting Business. The subject of that talk was related to my blog post Faces At Concerts. During the podcast the host Naomi Lewin facilitated a group discussion about the diversity of both audiences and members of major symphony orchestras in the United States. I’m glad…
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