Most of North America froze over the 2009 holiday season. Here in North Central Texas, we had a rare Christmas blizzard, with all of the attendant joys and challenges. But the real story started when the temperature warmed up. Mud, mud, and more mud. Snow … Read more
Get ready to swing with Roland Muzquiz, master percussionist with the Dallas Wind Symphony and someone who can help us to learn what swing really is. Take it away, Roland!
You will find a new featured video on the home page: a conversation with Michael Conrady about the pipe organ. Michael is the music director at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Dallas. You’ll also meet him in the discussion of Johann Sebastian Bach (Unit … Read more
We live in a visual world. We constantly analyze what we see on a sophisticated level, but most of us are not nearly as skilled in listening. That’s why many of us prefer music in styles that are already familiar. Opening our ears and mind … Read more
This chart is included in the workbook for Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Arts, History, and Culture. Watch for more reference guides like this one in the near future. Eighteenth Century Enlightenment Nineteenth Century Romanticism Music is an expression of balance … Read more
Do you Tweet? Recently I’ve been exploring Twitter. And while the 140-character-limit is frustrating, and the anonymity and pace are daunting, I’m intrigued by what one can observe. What are people tweeting about Classical Music, for example. And not just the words “classical music,” but … Read more