Spreading Appreciation for Western Classical Music – One Child at a time
In a country where the strains of filmy Bollywood music constantly dominates a child’s exposure to music, the ‘Classics, it’s...
Making connections: assessment and progression
John Holmes, ABRSM’s Chief Examiner, reflects on the connections between assessment and progression in music learning. As teachers, we know...
The Leipzig connection: Kristjan Järvi with the MDR Symphony Orchestra
Concert-going often involves a spot of sleuthing – what, if anything, links diverse works in a programme? Kristjan Järvi’s concert with the MDR Symphony Orchestra on June 11 at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, appeared to be underpinned by geographical links to...
The Scene
Jazz Pianist, Larry Willis said that “If you take care of the music, it will take care of you.” Something...
Let’s talk Grade 5 Theory
Grade 5 Theory has a unique place in music education. Not only is it a prerequisite for the Higher Practical...
Guide to a Tonal Analysis of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony
Excerpts – including a quasi-analytical reduction in musical notation – from a lecture given by Mark Lindley on April 15th, 2008 at Bilkent University. The reduction of the first movement was played on a piano and was followed visually by...
Violin, Fusion and Global Thought on Music – Conversations with Ritu Gopal
We seldom come across musicians who have a global approach towards music and appreciate the oneness behind the creation of...
ACHARYA JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: PART II
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988...