Tag: movie

• Classical Music in Flim

  I recently watched two movies featuring classical music as a backdrop. Like most dramas, the story lies in the characters’ personalities and their environments. Both ‘TÁR’ and ‘Chevalier’ use classical music as a stage to tell the stories of strong personalities operating at the height of their profession. ‘TÁR’ felt more like an episode of…

  Ed Castro

  November 18, 2023

  Music, Thoughts

  Cate Blanchett, Chevalier, classical music, education, Jorge Bologne, Kelvin Harrison Jr., movie, music education, Nathaniel Dett, orchestra, Orchestra Conductor, performer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, TÁR

• Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story Trailer

  I recently watched this film and was both highly entertained and educated. Check out the trailer below:

  Ed Castro

  August 11, 2022

  Music

  jazz, Jazz Fest, movie, music, New Orleans

• Single Serving Encounter

  Few are the times when something happens to me and I get to think about a drama/action movie and a singer/songwriter I like, admire and respect. The venn diagram for this situation might look like this. In the movie Fight Club,there is a scene where the idea of a “single serving friend” is mentioned. The…

  Ed Castro

  April 13, 2014

  Thoughts

  album Fool No More, Fight Club, Friend, movie, Peter Eldridge, singer/songwriter, single serving friend, Venn Diagram