Chamber music

From its birth in renaissance Florence, opera has moved audiences, explored human emotions and experiences from a variety of angles, and encompassed a huge range of musical styles and ideas. Opera came to dominate much of Western music, created heated public debate, served as a medium for political commentary, and constantly searched for new ways to move or persuade its audiences. Yet despite opera’s historical importance and rich heritage, has it reached the end of its journey in the 21st…

In the Slosberg Music Center the music was electrifying and it resurrected long gone composers such as Ludwig Van Beethoven and César Franck. While it also invoked Louis Gordon’s work, who it is the only out of the three composers whose work was presented that night and remains alive. On Oct. 3th, during Brandeis University’s concert series, named Primary Motivations, these three composers were very much alive and present thanks to the duo of Joshua Gordon, cello and Randall Hodgkinson, piano.…

he would not become fully interested in music until hearing operas by composers such as Donizetti, Glinka, and Meyerbeer performed in nearby St Petersburg. His interest grew further when one of his teachers, Fyodor Kanille, showed him the masterpieces of Bach, Beethoven and Schumann, but at the age of seventeen, his older brother put an end to his piano lessons with Kanille due to worries that he was devoting too much time to music. He continued to learn music theory and composition from Kanille…

Your Name: Yesaswini Yarlgadda Name of the Music Event: Date you attended the event: September 25, 2016 Where was the event held? Light Recital Hall 1. Briefly describe the venue for this event. Who was/were the musician/musicians involved? What instrument(s) were used? [Note: you don't need to list all of the instruments and players if it's a large ensemble like an orchestra or band.] The venue was comparatively a small room with a big stage and…

are emitted through the two f-holes (named after their “f” shapes) on either side of the bridge. The bridge is made of maple, is held in place by the pressure of the strings, and transmits the vibration of the strings to the soundboard to produce music. The tailpiece is connected to the bottom of the strings and was formerly made of ebony, boxwood, or rosewood, but is now typically plastic. It contains the cello’s fine tuners, used to only slightly adjust the tuning of the four strings, as…

French composer of classical music. Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France. His mother, Marie Delouart was Basque and father, Joseph Ravel was from Switzerland. At his third month, his family moved to Paris. His brother, Édouard Ravel was born in Paris after three years of their moving. There was no evidence of Ravel’s entering a school for his formal Education. However, acknowledging his passion in the early age, and his father being music and culture lover, his…

Xinzhu (Zoe) Ma Music History II March 25th, 2016 From the Old To the Folk: Dvorák and Haydn On a chilly Friday night, Nichole and I went to the Ohio Theatre for the concert featuring music by Dvorak and Haydn. The solemn air swelling in the street and the dazzling atmosphere in the concert hall supplemented my expectation towards the concert; when we finally sat on our seats, I couldn’t wait for it to start. The concert includes not only the works of Haydn and Dvorak, but also of a Native…

Music is a hobby that should be considered a skill not an ability. In order to master it, hours and years of practice is required to master playing every note. No other profession requires as much devotion because once a person decides to put music behind their other priorities, it is difficult for one to pick it up again. I interviewed Gretchen Dekker, adjunct music director at York College and my piano studio teacher. As an active music student, I am very familiar with the responsibilities…

This concert took place at the University of Missouri St. Louis’s campus, in the Lee Theatre, on November 30th, 2016. This was a concert for students studying music at UMSL, in order to showcase their talents through performing chamber music. Majority of the audience appeared to be friends and family of the students performing, making the concert a bit more of a laid back feel. Each song was played by a different small group, sizes were anywhere from trios and quartets to all of the performers…

Music is nothing more than sound, with or without meaning, that the brain attempts to make sense of in a way that is comfortable. Over the years, there have been countless composers that have succeeded in not breaking tradition, per say, but rather adding to it. These influences are seen everywhere in today’s music from new age contemporary to country to hip- hop genres. John Cage, the composer that wrote 4’33”, believed that all sound is music which does not necessarily have to have meaning,…