“Sleigh Ride” cover – Sempre Sisters
Today’s Why We Make Music: Celebrate with those closest and dearest to us. From the sisters: “We hope you enjoy our arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. We had a…
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Canadian children welcome refugees with song
Today’s Why We Make Music: Warm welcomes. The first plane of Syrian refugees landed in Toronto late on Thursday, and Canada has wasted no time in welcoming them. Canadian children…
Read More Yoda, Princess Leia & Darth Vader Sit Down at a Piano
Today’s Why We Make Music: more making music with friends! Three young excellent pianists play a 6-hand Star Wars music mashup:
Read More Four pianists on one piano: Galop-Marché by Lavignac
Today’s Why We Make Music: Making music with our friends! Four pianists on one piano performed Albert Lavignac’s Galop-Marché at University of Southern California (Thornton School of Music). From Jojo…
Read More The BSO celebrates conductor Andris Nelsons’ 37th birthday
Today’s Why We Make Music: Heartfelt surprises!
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Your Very Own Unique Instrument
Pedagogical reasons aside for now, a study published in the Royal Society’s Open Science journal found that singing classes quickly bond strangers to one another above other classes observed. If you’re thinking:…
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Celebrating Halloween: Spooky Concert
We celebrated Halloween last night with our first ever Spooky Concert! Four players took on songs they selected and learned them in minor keys over the past month in preparation…
Read More Elementary school choir sings to teacher with cancer
Today’s Why We Make Music: communicate that we care during the hardest times. The student chorus of Public School 22 in Staten Island, N.Y., shared a special moment with one…
Read More Requiem – Original music by Eliza Gilkyson, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson
I sang this in concert back in July with many hardworking, skilled, and dedicated music teachers. It’s an experience I won’t forget. During rehearsal and performance I was not able…
Read More Jon Gomm – Passionflower
Very rarely I find musicians who seem to be pne with their instruments. There doesn’t seem to be any focus on playing the right notes – they just land on…
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