Folksongs and Fairytales
In our infancy we are told fairy tales, and these stories retain a great power over us throughout our lives....
Modern Crossover: Serious Music and Popular Music
Everything used to be simpler before. Classical musicians composed classical music, pop musicians pop and jazz musicians were the exotic...
From the sublime to the merely complex
Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhaus Orchestra’s concert of Wagner (Overture to Tannhauser and Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde) and Bruckner (3rd Symphony) at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, provided as much food for thought as it did of emotion. The emotional...
3 LIFE LESSONS THAT PRACTICE ROOMS CAN TEACH YOU
One of the first hurdles a young musician meets as he or she pursues advanced training is the fact that...
Alpesh Chauhan
Please share your background with us. My name is Alpesh Chauhan and I am a conductor. My parents were born...
The Madras Musical Association is Vienna bound!
The Madras Musical Association is headed to Vienna this month. We wish them the very best for their concert tour. Here’s what they had to say – “The Madras Musical Association choir, with 123 years of promotion of Western classical...
CAN WESTERN MUSICAL STUDIES INTEGRATE INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC? SOME DIFFICULTIES, GREAT ADVANTAGES
It is quite clear that – at least at certain levels – we live in a globalised world. New technologies...
When the Choir decides to get ‘Popular’: the CCM Story
The Capital City Minstrels, a 22 year old Delhi based choir, have been crooning to audiences across cities and countries...
