Opera star Beverley Sills once said, “Art is the signature of civilizations” (Sills 15:24). Music is something that ties humans together; it is a universal connection and it is essential to a child’s education. Unfortunately, in these tough economic times, budget cuts lurk around every…
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Barry Manilow presented Joplin schools with a $300,000 instrument donation on behalf of the Manilow Music Project on Thursday morning at Junge Field to the cheers of hundreds of Joplin band, choir and orchestra students.
“I’ve been looking out at all these young people here,” Manilow said. “I wonder, do you guys know who I am? Well, back in the 1970s, I was Justin Bieber.”I don’t know what’s better: A bunch of kids getting free musical instruments, or Barry Manilow comparing himself to Justin Bieber.
This makes me happy :)
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Topic: This week in string practices we have spent a lot of time discussing what determines or identifies excellence in a music program. In doing this we took some time to look at El Sistema and the Suzuki School, two different examples of excellent programs or approaches. In watching these I…
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Musical typewriter
Máquina de escrever música
Máquina de escribir música
This is neat! We talked a few weeks back about all of the different coding systems and music typewriters used throughout the history of music notation. I had never seen one before, it is quite neat! (:
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Visualizing Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1
Baroque.me (2011) by Alexander Chen. Video capture. Interact at:http://www.baroque.me. Baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites. Using the math behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music’s underlying structure and subtle shifts.
The other day we talked about how math related to music, well here ya go!!
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