This video challenges today's educational system . . . I keep thinking that it gives us hope for the continuation of our art form: Found it here.
Why there are no great Iranian choirs . . .
Ever wondered why there are no great choirs from Iran? This story from the Wall Street Journal will help you understand: Advice to music lovers: Stay the hell out of Iran. According to the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s maximum politico- spiritual leader, the promoting and teaching of music—not just Western music, but any kind […]
Twitter for Teachers – and Choral Directors
This is my latest interest – personal learning networks. As I was searching about this, I found a great website by Paul Hill along with a video. Here is a great quote from the video: “Twitter is a way of having open dialogue about learning with people we respect at a time […]
Ingenuity and Mashing Things Up
Alex Ross pointed out this very interesting creation: Tim Rutherford-Johnson, of The Rambler, drew attention to the fact that the opening minutes of the work bear an uncanny resemblance to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies." Nothing in Turnage's commentary indicated a Beyoncé connection, but once you listen to the mash-up above — and see the mischievous […]
Faure Madrigal – very nice
Found this on the City of Dunedin Choir blog:
Eric Whitacre and Driving Ferraris
It's been awhile since we've featured an Eric Whitacre post, believe it or not! Here, Decca has created a mini-documentary of Eric's new professional group, featured below. He says that conducting them is like driving a Ferrari, but he's used that phrase before. Buy hey . . . I'm sure Eric has probably […]