A Beaker Masterpiece
Beaker at his finest.
Radio City Music Hall Meets Lord of the Rings
I saw that Radio City Music Hall is selling tickets for live performances showcasing the entire Lord of the Rings musical score. It’s completely interactive with a large screen behind the orchestra showing scenes from the movie –all in real time. It looks really cool! Here are some pictures from the set:
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The Britney Spears Strings Quartet?????
As if we thought it couldn’t be done……. Here is a very original take on Britney Spears, “Toxic.” Notice the Mel Brooks, “Young Frankenstein” violin solo in the intro……..what do you think that the musicians are saying by including it?
Behind the Scenes of an Orchestra Practice—Oh Yeah.
Curious? I found some VERY rough footage of an orchestra practice that Mrs Amy LOVED. The music is slightly reminiscent of the Mr. Holland’s Opus soundtrack. The composition that the orchestra is playing by Alexia Vassiliou.
Somewhere In My Memory–Take a Listen to This.
I don’t know if anyone of you have already heard of the Vienna Symphonic Library–it’s a voice library for composers. The musical voices are actual recorded voices from different instruments. Many composers use these voices these days for recording—because for one, the sound can be pretty ok and two, for them, it’s cheaper.
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Scavenger Hunt–Fields of Gold
I have an assignment for you for the weekend. I want you to find and listen to as many variations of the song, “Fields of Gold” as is possible. You can find this song all over the internet. What I want you to observe–are the musical arrangements of each piece.
I have heard it said, [...]
Most Creative Performance I Have Ever Seen
I saw this video last night on a great music forum www.muzicforums.com . This is the most creative performance that I’ve seen in a long time. Watch the whole thing—there are interesting details scattered throughout the whole piece.
Excuse me, Are you done with your “Cadenza” yet?
Class, some of you may know this already, but what is the definition of the term “cadenza”? Here it is:
Virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
Such as, in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto there are writers that have written different versions of [...]
Expand Your Mind…Listen to Adiemus
Click the link and follow to listen to Karl Jenkins, Adiemus. They are a little part too cool!
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