Sophia Plowden, Khanum Jan, and Hindustani airs
Among the British Library’s extraordinary collection of materials relating to the history of Indian music in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries lie d... Continue Reading...
Music Education
Good Practice Techniques for Graded Examinations – Part II
The first of these articles discussed the need for practice to be relevant in terms of fluency and accuracy, musical detail, style and character. This article e... Continue Reading...
4 SECRETS FOR BETTER HIGH NOTES
No matter what voice type you are, it’s fair to admit that plenty of your most applause-worthy moments come with high notes. Fast high notes, loud high notes, ... Continue Reading...
Good Practice Techniques for Graded Examinations – Part I
Good practice techniques are essential for all sections of the examination and involve mindful concentration and clear objectives. A practice plan that aims for... Continue Reading...
Helen Keller: A Great Lover of Music
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbria, Alabama, in the summer of 1880. Nineteen months later, she fell ill (likely with scarlet fever or meningitis) and became de... Continue Reading...
The Viennese School
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: did the four Viennese school composers know each other? By Manohar Parnerkar The Classical period in Western art music r... Continue Reading...
TICK TOCK, SINGERS! 3 SPOTS TO DITCH THE RUBATO (FOR NOW)
What would opera singers be without their stretchy, malleable tempos? More specifically, where would they be without the unwritten rules - "performance practice... Continue Reading...
NIKITA KOSHKIN: Intermittent Hearings
The celebrated Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Arnoldovich Koshkin (born 1956) needs no introduction to any serious modern classical guitarist. In a proli... Continue Reading...