An Ambitious Conductor Tackling Big Questions
Teddy Abrams: “All major arts organizations should not only have musicians on staff but there should also be a department of composition; people who are composing for the moment. In …
Master composers used to handwrite their music. Some were complete slobs
These clefs come from “autograph copies” of each composer’s music — versions that they handwrote. Each is just an example, not necessarily how a composer always wrote. And the composers …
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Nominate Someone for an EMA Annual Award!
Every year EMA accepts nominations for the Howard Mayer Brown Award, Thomas Binkley Award, and Laurette Goldberg Award, which recognize outstanding achievement in the field of early music. Early Music …
Portland Baroque Orchestra appoints Marcia Kaufmann as Exec. Director
Portland, OR – The board of directors of Portland Baroque Orchestra announced today that the organization has appointed Marcia Kaufmann as PBO’s new Executive Director in an executive search process …
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Practice Throws
The new St. Louis Symphony president and Early Music America board president, Marie-Hélène Bernard, throws out the first pitch before the Cardinals game against the Washington Nationals at Busch Stadium …
From Ink to Sound: Decoding Musical Manuscripts
Travel through the history of musical notation, learning how to decode medieval music manuscripts, with this free online course. Nowadays music is all around us: we listen to it while …
Music professors to perform on historical instruments during free performance
Two Marshall University professors will perform on historical instruments when they present “Pastorale: Woodwinds from the 19th Century” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in Smith Recital Hall on Marshall’s …
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Brighton Early Music Festival celebrates women as composers, performers and inspirational figures
Tickets for the UK’s biggest celebration of women composers of the past go on sale on Wednesday, September 2. The Brighton Early Music Festival runs from October 23 to November …
Composer Max Richter’s project designed to lull listeners to ‘Sleep’
Like many European composers before him who have made the pilgrimage across the Atlantic to offer their talents on the altar of Hollywood, Max Richter has learned to become proficient …
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Baroque playing organic turkey farmer wants to crowdfund a new processing plant
GreenAg is no ordinary farm. Visitors to the Kingsthorpe Queensland operation can hear the turkeys before they see them, along with strains of classical music blending with the gentle chirping …
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