4 Things You Need to Know About Becoming a Music Major
Music is one of the rare majors on any campus. It takes passion to pursue this distinct career path that...
Best Music to Listen to While Writing
Writing does not have to be boring or frustrating. Most students experience difficulties focusing on completing their academic assignments, especially...
Applications for the “Young Musician of the Year” Award are open | Apply Today
After a hiatus of two years due to the Covid pandemic, The Olga & Jules Craen Foundation is pleased to invite applications for selection of its YMOY-2023. The Foundation (OJCF) was established to revive the memory of two formidable twentieth-century...
The Music in His Words
In his brief life, Alexander Pushkin wrote poems, plays and novels that transcended continents, cultures—and the literary realm. In the...
Schubert’s Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat Major, Mitsuko Uchida
“The opening movement of the Sonata [No. 21] in B-flat Major goes beyond analysis,” writes the pianist Stephen Hough. “It...
The Kids Are Alright
Why is opting for a career in music, especially Western classical music, not an easy decision? We learn about the concerns and fears of the parents of three SOI Music Academy alumni who are pursuing or about to embark on...
Bach’s other Passion, the earlier
elebrating the end of Christ’s life in his two extant Passions this is his first major choral work for Leipzig,...
New Piano Syllabus Repertoire Champions Continuity and Change
he Waltz from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty, Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Fats Waller, Razaf & Brooks and new commissions by emerging...
