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By Carolyn Walter 1. The clarinet has unique acoustics. Among the canon of typical modern orchestral woodwinds, clarinets are the only reed instruments with cylindrical bores; meaning that the empty space inside the instrument remains the same diameter through the whole length of the tube. Related reed instruments including saxophones, oboes, English horns and bassoons... Continue Reading →
By Zachariah Friesen Today is John Lennon’s Birthday. The founder of The Beatles would be 73 if he were still alive today. We salute him with 10 of our favorite John Lennon compositions and some fun facts along the way. Thank you for the music and the incredible influence you had and still have on... Continue Reading →
By Zachariah Friesen 1. Dress Appropriately Generally if you are on a stage and the audience is in a seat, their eye level view is of your shoes and socks. White sox or tennis shoes during a concert are a floggable offense to any conductor. It looks bad and distracts from the performance. Whatever the... Continue Reading →
By Zachariah Friesen Clara Wieck was a child prodigy virtuoso pianist and composer in Leipzig in the early 1800s. Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann met at a concert Clara was playing a concert for a mental institute more specifically Colditz Castle. She was just 9 years old at the time and a decade later, they... Continue Reading →
By Brendan Lai-Tong Here are some interesting facts about the violin that you may not have known: The modern violin has been around for roughly 500 years. It was said to have been designed in the 1500's by Andrea Amati. Playing the violin burns approximately 170 calories per hour. Forget about your workout and start... Continue Reading →
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