How To Get Back Into Playing Guitar
Whether you’re learning simply to play your favourite songs or because you want to pursue a career in music, playing...
How to care for your Woodwind instrument
Some of the composers and moderators who worked on our new Woodwind syllabus give their tips on how they care...
What does a conductor actually do? A surprising amount
At the age of three, I remember jumping on my parent’s sofa, waving my arms in the air conducting a record of Gilbert and Sullivans Pirates of Penzance. Last week, my four-year-old son was doing the same thing, only to...
What Did Mozart Think of His Composer Colleagues?
Maria Theresia Paradis (1759-1824) was the daughter of the Imperial Secretary of Commerce and Court Councilor to Empress Maria Theresa....
Bringing in the Sheaves: The Samuels of Chennai
You sing like angels. Yes, you do. Why don’t you record your songs professionally? Twenty-five year old Joel Samuel and...
Beginner’s Guide To Choose The Best Drum Kits
Purchasing a drum set for a beginning student can be overwhelming. You often have to consider the following: What kind of spending plan do you have? What type of music would you like to play? What location will the instrument...
An Exchange with Reena Esmail
I had not heard of Reena Esmail before, not being a regular follower of the work of contemporary composers of...
Happy New Year from Vienna
A brief history of a tradition that marks the beginning of every new year for European lovers of Western classical...
