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The last Maharaja of Mysore was a great patron and scholar of, among many other things, Western classical music. Here, we present snapshots from performances by the SOI Chamber Orchestra, presented in Mysore and Bengaluru in his honour. By Richard Nowell On the occasion of the birth centenary of HRH
Music Education
If you liked Connection Lost (The Tinder Opera), you’ll love the latest collaboration between composer/tenor Scott Joiner and writer/director Adam Taylor. Something Blue: The Bachelor Opera is another misguided love story, unpacking everything that’s totally bizarre about reality dating & marriage shows. Joiner sings the role
Interviews
A familiar buzz is back at the NCPA ahead of the opening of the Autumn 2019 Season of the SOI. The programme will be especially gratifying as two internationally renowned soloists and a legendary conductor will return to perform with the Symphony Orchestra of India. By Beverly Pereira It is
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The FREE practice tracking app from ABRSM. Music Case helps students understand the progress they are making over time, increasing their motivation to keep learning. 83% of students say that Music Case is an effective tool to improve their practice and progress. With Music Case students can… * Track their practice
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The Symphony Orchestra of India is primed to give Mumbai audiences an exciting season of music this September – the first series of concerts on home turf after its successful tour of the United Kingdom this February. Zane Dalal provides an overview of the repertoire – more exciting, ambitious and wide-ranging than
Reviews
Albert Schweitzer believed that there were only two means of refuge from the miseries of life- music and cats. What better place to test this claim than the charming Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai, which hosts the Symphony Orchestra of India on the second Monday of every month, and incidentally, abounds
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Recitals in front of a live audience have always been an inspiration for students to hone their performance skills and exhibit their musicianship. On the 10th of August, students of Fauzia Marikar, displayed their love for Western classical music. Amidst the familiar comfort of mostly family and friends the students
Know Your Composer
He was falsely cast as Mozart’s murderer and music’s sorest loser. Now he’s getting a fresh hearing. On a chilly, wet day in late November, I visited the Central Cemetery, in Vienna, where several of the most familiar figures in musical history lie buried. In a musicians’
Features
“I always sang. Both my father (Edwin) and his sister, Muriel were gifted singers, but Edwin was streets ahead because he was also a brilliant pianist and, from my very youngest years, I had the pleasure and honour of listening to him play. His love for music was great and
Music Education
Often, the point of interest in the music isn’t the melody but what’s going on underneath. I recently attended a performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, but without the dancers, i.e., a full ballet with the orchestra only. It gave an unrivalled opportunity to actually listen to
Music Education
My two last Bangalore visits were both in 2016 and 2017 within the “East-West Song and Dance Encounter”, hosted by The Bangalore School of Music. This year their Head of Vocal Department, Mr Jonas Olsson, had arranged the festival “Voices of Bangalore” in mid-June, a three-day festival of concerts, workshops,
Music Education
WHAT IS SIGHT READING? Sight reading is playing or singing music from previously unseen notation. The context could be playing a new piece, accompanying a soloist on piano, reading through an orchestral score or singing a new part in a choir. Efficient sight reading is very much like the process