Music Education
Breathing is the only function of the autonomic nervous system that can happen both consciously and unconsciously. Research has shown the many benefits of practicing controlled breathing techniques such as stress relief and improved functioning of the immune system.1 When applied in a pedagogical setting, teaching controlled breathing techniques
News
Here in Portugal, as most elsewhere, the Coronavirus has had a huge impact on concert-making. Although our “numbers” are relatively moderate, all live concerts have been cancelled since early March, confronting musicians with the heretofore-unknown territory of a “ban” on their principal activity. Orchestras cancelled the rest of their seasons,
Music Education
Paul Harris offers some thoughts for parents to help their children get the most out of practice. One of the benefits of lockdown is that many young learners have more time to spend with their music. More time to practise. And, of course, many parents are home more to help.
Know Your Composer
The Scarlatti family name—in various spellings—was common in Sicily, with several branches of additional Scarlatti families residing in Rome and northern Italy. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) was the musical bedrock of the family, and he became the most important opera composer of his generation in Italy. Besides roughly 100
Interviews
As countries gradually lift restrictions, it has become easier to believe that the enriching experience of attending a live concert is not a distant reality. Gauthier Herrmann, who founded the Artie’s Festival in collaboration with the NCPA, tells us how his chamber music ensemble has been adapting to the
Interviews
The least that can be said of Lydian Nadhaswaram is that he is creatively innovative. The 14-year-old has made a series of impacts in music and now also in film. The music prodigy drew worldwide attention in March 2019 when he won the reality talent show The World’s Best,
Features
There’s a lot to say about the peculiar lifestyle a conservatory student leads and the limitless ways it blends into their very identity. From the motivations behind pursuing a field that doesn’t always guarantee monetary returns to the reasons why so many find these few years of their
News
India’s only Copyright Society representing the authors, composers, and publishers of music, The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS), announces the implementation of the world’s most advanced operating system for Copyright Societies. With this considerable investment, using cutting edge technology developed by Canada’s Dataclef, IPRS will provide
Music Education
What can little children do in music? May I present Lyonya Shilovsky, a three year old Russian drummer playing the ‘Can-Can’ tune from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, along with an orchestra of adult musicians. I hope Lyonya wears ear protection! Is Lyonya unique, we might wonder, or are
Music Education
Water, in music, is more than just a drop in the ocean. Composers imagine water in rivers, water falling from the sky, water jetting up to the sky, water as a single raindrop, or as the entire sea. Water creatures, such as nymphs or mermaids, also have their place. In
Music Education
We have all heard it from our beginning (and sometimes more advanced) students that awful, wooden, unmusical playing. What can we do to fix it? If we tell them to crescendo to a certain note and then get softer, they stiffly climb up and down the dynamic ladder, and it
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Today, 19 August 2020, Daniel Barenboim celebrates the 70th anniversary of his stage debut. In his solo recital at the Großes Festspielhaus, he plays Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations (33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120) as well as the composer’s Sonata for Piano No. 31